Opal chimaera
Appearance
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Opal chimaera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Chimaeridae |
Genus: | Chimaera |
Species: | C. opalescens
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Binomial name | |
Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011
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The opal chimaera (Chimaera opalescens) is a chimaera species in the family Chimaeridae, which lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Busson, Frédéric. "Chimaera opalescens, Opal chimaera". FishBase. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Luchetti, EA; Iglésias, SP; Sellos, DY (2011). "Chimaera opalescens n. sp., a new chimaeroid (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology. 79 (2): 399–417. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03027.x. PMID 21781099.