Chimaera (genus)

Chimaera is the type genus of the cartilaginous fish family Chimaeridae.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

Chimaera zangerli has been described from tooth plates found on Seymour Island in the Antarctic.^[4]

^ Kemper, J.M.; Ebert, D.A.; Naylor, G.J.P. & Didier, D.A. (2014). "Chimaera carophila (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from New Zealand". Bulletin of Marine Science. 91 (1): 63–81. doi:10.5343/bms.2014.1042.
^ Luchetti, E.A.; Iglésias, S.P. & Sellos, D.Y. (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.
^ Angulo, A.; López, M.I.; Bussing, W.A. & Murase, A. (2014). "Records of chimaeroid fishes (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with the description of a new species of Chimaera (Chimaeridae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean". Zootaxa. 3861 (6): 554–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3861.6.3. PMID 25283429.
^ Stahl, Barbara J.; Chatterjee, Sankar (1999). "A Late Cretaceous Chimaerid (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Seymour Island, Antarctica". Palaeontology. 42 (6): 979–989. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00105.

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