Chimaera

Classification

Genus: Chimaera
Family: Chimaeridae - Short-nosed chimaeras
Order: Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Class: Holocephali - Chimaeras
Superclass: Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes

Species

Rabbit fish
(Chimaera monstrosa)

Cape chimaera
(Chimaera notafricana)

Shortspine chimaera
(Chimaera obscura)

Ogilbys ghostshark
(Chimaera ogilbyi)

Opal chimaera
(Chimaera opalescens)

Eastern Pacific black chimaera
(Chimaera orientalis)

Chimaera owstoni

Chimaera panthera

Silver chimaera
(Chimaera phantasma)

Longspine chimaera
(Chimaera macrospina)

Carpenter’s chimaera
(Chimaera lignaria)

Chimaera jordani

Whitefin chimarea
(Chimaera argiloba)

Bahamas ghost shark
(Chimaera bahamaensis)

Dark-mouth Chimaera
(Chimaera buccanigella)

Brown chimaera
(Chimaera carophila)

Stubby Chimaera
(Chimaera compacta)

Chimaera
(Chimaera cubana)

The Falkor chimaera
(Chimaera didierae)

Southern chimaera
(Chimaera fulva)

Seafarer’s ghost shark
(Chimaera willwatchi)

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