Chimaera (genus)
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Sea cat ( Chimaera monstrosa ), the type species of the genus |
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Chimaera is a genus from the family of the short-nosed chimeras (Chimaeridae) in the order of the sea cats (Chimaeriformes). The fish are found in all oceans, for the most part in the deep sea . The genus was introduced in 1758 by Carl von Linné , the founder of the biological classification system , in his Systema Naturae and named after the Chimera, a hybrid creature of Greek mythology .
features
Most Chimaera species reach body lengths of 65 to 120 cm, Chimaera monstrosa , the largest species, becomes 150 cm long. You are stumpfschnäuzig and thus good from the plow nose chimeras (Callorhinchidae) and rhinochimaeridae to distinguish (Rhinochimaeridae). The spine in front of the first dorsal fin has contact with the first dorsal fin only with the lower third or the lower half. The upper half is always free. The second dorsal fin has a uniform height over its entire length. It is never divided by indentations. In contrast to the sea cats of the genus Hydrolagus , Chimaera species have a free , low anal fin separated by a gap from the ventral section of the caudal fin border.
species
Almost 20 species belong to Chimaera :
- Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
- Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010
- Chimaera buccanigella Clerkin et al., 2017
- Chimaera carophila Kemper et al., 2014
- Chimaera cubana Howell Rivero, 1936
- Chimaera didierae Clerkin et al., 2017
- Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008
- Chimaera jordani Tanaka, 1905
- Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002
- Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & White, 2008
- Sea cat ( Chimaera monstrosa ) Linnaeus, 1758
- Chimaera nocka You & Rasmi, 2009
- Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & White, 2008
- Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011
- Chimaera orientalis Angulo et al., 2014
- Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905
- Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998
- Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Schneider, 1900
- Chimaera willwatchi Clerkin et al., 2017
supporting documents
- ↑ Chimaera monstrosa on Fishbase.org (English)
- ^ David A. Ebert & Matthias FW Stehmann: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras of the North Atlantic . FAO Species Catalog for Fishery Purposes No. 7, ISSN 1020-8682 . Page 419.
- ↑ Chimaera on Fishbase.org (English)