Chimaeridae
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| Hydrolagus alberti | |
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| Family: | Chimaeridae Bonaparte, 1831
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The Chimaeridae, or shortnose chimaeras, are a family of cartilaginous fish.
They resemble other chimaeras in general form and habits, but have short, rounded snouts, without the modifications found in related families. Many species have long, tapering tails, giving them an alternative name of ratfish. Shortnose chimaeras have a venomous spine on their backs, which is sufficiently dangerous to injure humans.[1]
They are found in temperate and tropical marine waters worldwide. Most species are restricted to depths below 200 m (660 ft), but a few, notably the spotted ratfish and rabbit fish, can locally be found at relatively shallow depths. They range from 38 to 150 cm (1.25 to 4.92 ft) in maximum total length, depending on species.[1]
Species
The 36 species are grouped into two genera:[1]
Family Chimaeridae
- Genus Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758
- C. argiloba Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (whitefin chimaera)
- C. bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 (Bahamas ghostshark)
- C. cubana Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Cuban chimaera)
- C. fulva Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (southern chimaera)
- C. jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Jordan's chimaera)
- C. lignaria Didier, 2002 (carpenter's chimaera)
- C. macrospina Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (longspine chimaera)
- C. monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 (rabbit fish)
- C. notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 (Cape chimaera)
- C. obscura Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (shortspine chimaera)
- C. owstoni S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Owston's chimaera)
- C. panthera Didier, 1998 (leopard chimaera)
- C. phantasma D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 (silver chimaera)
- Chimaera cf. sp. E Last & Stevens, 1994; White et al. 2006 (Lombok chimaera)
- Genus Hydrolagus Gill, 1863
- H. affinis (Brito Capello, 1868) (small-eyed rabbitfish)
- H. africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (African chimaera)
- H. alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 (Gulf chimaera)
- H. alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006
- H. barbouri (Garman, 1908) (ninespot chimaera)
- H. bemisi Didier, 2002 (pale ghost shark)
- H. colliei (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (spotted ratfish)
- H. deani]] (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Philippine chimaera)
- H. eidolon (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)
- H. homonycteris Didier, 2008 (black ghostshark)
- H. lemures (Whitley, 1939) (bight ghostshark)
- H. lusitanicus T. Moura, I. M. R. Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, C. Almeida & Gordo, 2005 (Portuguese rabbitfish)
- H. macrophthalmus F. de Buen, 1959 (bigeye chimaera)
- H. marmoratus Didier, 2008 (marbled ghostshark)
- H. matallanasi Soto & Vooren, 2004 (striped rabbitfish)
- H. mccoskeri L. A. K. Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 (Galápagos ghostshark)
- H. melanophasma K. C. James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009 (Eastern Pacific black ghostshark)
- H. mirabilis (Collett, 1904) (large-eyed rabbitfish)
- H. mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904) (spookfish)
- H. novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) (dark ghostshark)
- H. ogilbyi (Waite, 1898) (Ogilby's ghostshark)
- H. pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990 (pale chimaera)
- H. purpurescens (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (purple chimaera)
- H. trolli Didier & Séret, 2002 (pointy-nosed blue chimaera)
- H. waitei Fowler, 1907
- Hydrolagus sp. D/G (giant black chimaera)
- Hydrolagus sp. F (Peruvian rabbitfish)
References
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Chimaeridae". FishBase. February 2011 version.
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