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Chimaeridae

Index Chimaeridae

The Chimaeridae, or shortnose chimaeras, are a family of cartilaginous fish. [1]

57 relations: African chimaera, Bigeye chimaera, Bight ghostshark, Carl Leavitt Hubbs, Carl Linnaeus, Carpenter's chimaera, Charles Henry Gilbert, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Chimaera, Chimaera (genus), Chimaera bahamaensis, Chondrichthyes, Cuban chimaera, Dark ghostshark, David Starr Jordan, Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Edward Turner Bennett, Family (biology), Fernando de Buen y Lozano, George Tradescant Lay, Gilbert Percy Whitley, Gulf chimaera, Henry Bryant Bigelow, Henry Weed Fowler, Hugh McCormick Smith, Hydrolagus, Hydrolagus melanophasma, Hydrolagus mitsukurii, Hydrolagus pallidus, John Gilchrist (zoologist), John Otterbein Snyder, Jordan's chimaera, Large-eyed rabbitfish, Leonard Compagno, Leopard chimaera, Lewis Radcliffe, Luis Howell-Rivero, Ninespot chimaera, Ogilby's ghostshark, Owston's chimaera, Pale ghost shark, Peter R. Last, Pointy-nosed blue chimaera, Purple chimaera, Rabbit fish, Robert Collett, Samuel Garman, Shigeho Tanaka, Silver chimaera, Small-eyed rabbitfish, ..., Spotted ratfish, Striped rabbitfish, Theodore Gill, Whitefin chimaera, William Charles Schroeder, William Toby White, 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Expand index (7 more) »

African chimaera

The African chimaera (Hydrolagus africanus) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa.

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Bigeye chimaera

The bigeye chimaera (Hydrolagus macrophthalmus) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae.

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Bight ghostshark

The bight ghostshark or blackfin ghostshark (Hydrolagus lemures) is a species of chimaera endemic to the waters of Australia from Queensland to Western Australia where it is found near the ocean floor of the continental shelf and upper slope.

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Carl Leavitt Hubbs

Carl Leavitt Hubbs (October 19, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American ichthyologist.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Carpenter's chimaera

The carpenter's chimaera, giant chimaera, or giant purple chimaera (Chimaera lignaria) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae familyDagit, D.D. 2005.

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Charles Henry Gilbert

Charles Henry Gilbert (December 5, 1859 in Rockford, Illinois – April 20, 1928 in Palo Alto, California) was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States.

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Charles Lucien Bonaparte

Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French biologist and ornithologist.

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Chimaera

Chimaeras the order Chimaeriformes, known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with the rattails), spookfish (not to be confused with the true spookfish of the family Opisthoproctidae), or rabbit fish (not to be confused with the family Siganidae).

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Chimaera (genus)

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

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Chimaera bahamaensis

Chimaera bahamaensis, the Bahamas ghost shark, is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family.

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Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes (from Greek χονδρ- chondr- 'cartilage', ἰχθύς ichthys 'fish') is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone.

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Cuban chimaera

The Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae.

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Dark ghostshark

The dark ghostshark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae) is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand.

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David Starr Jordan

David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist.

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Edgar Ravenswood Waite

Edgar Ravenswood Waite (5 May 1866 – 19 January 1928) was a British/Australian zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and ornithologist.

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Edward Turner Bennett

Edward Turner Bennett (6 January 1797 – 21 August 1836) was an English zoologist and writer.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fernando de Buen y Lozano

Fernando de Buen y Lozano (10 October 1895 – 6 May 1962) was a Spanish ichthyologist and oceanographer.

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George Tradescant Lay

George Tradescant Lay (c. 1800 - November 6, 1845) was a British naturalist, missionary and diplomat.

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Gilbert Percy Whitley

Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years.

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Gulf chimaera

The gulf chimaera (Hydrolagus alberti) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Mexico, the United States, and possibly Suriname.

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Henry Bryant Bigelow

Henry Bryant Bigelow (October 3, 1879 – December 11, 1967) was an American oceanographer and marine biologist.

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Henry Weed Fowler

Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.

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Hugh McCormick Smith

Hugh McCormick Smith, also H. M. Smith (November 21, 1865 – September 28, 1941) was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.

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Hydrolagus

Hydrolagus is a genus of fish in the family Chimaeridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

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Hydrolagus melanophasma

The Eastern Pacific black ghostshark (Hydrolagus melanophasma, literally "black water rabbit") is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae.

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Hydrolagus mitsukurii

Hydrolagus mitsukurii is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family found in China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Indonesia.

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Hydrolagus pallidus

Hydrolagus pallidus is a marine species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, specifically near Iceland and the Canary Islands.

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John Gilchrist (zoologist)

John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) was a Scottish ichthyologist, noted for his work in South Africa.

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John Otterbein Snyder

John Otterbein Snyder (August 14, 1867 – August 19, 1943) was an American ichthyologist and professor of zoology at Stanford University.

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Jordan's chimaera

Jordan's chimaera (Chimaera jordani) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family found near Japan, Madagascar, and Mozambique.

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Large-eyed rabbitfish

The large-eyed rabbitfish (Hydrolagus mirabilis) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family.

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Leonard Compagno

Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno is an international authority on shark taxonomy and the author of many scientific papers and books on the subject, best known of which is his 1984 catalogue of shark species produced for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

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Leopard chimaera

The leopard chimaera, Chimaera panthera, is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family endemic to New Zealand.

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Lewis Radcliffe

Lewis Radcliffe (1880–1950) was a naturalist, malacologist, and ichthyologist.

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Luis Howell-Rivero

Luis Hugo Howell-Rivero (December 28, 1899, Havana - October 7, 1986, Florida Keys) was a Cuban biologist and anthropologist.

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Ninespot chimaera

The ninespot chimaera (Hydrolagus barbouri) is a species of chimaera endemic to the waters off Japan and the South China Sea in the Northwest Pacific.

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Ogilby's ghostshark

Ogilby's ghostshark (Hydrolagus ogilbyi), also known as the whitefish, is a species of chimaera endemic to the waters of Australia.

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Owston's chimaera

Owston's chimaera, Chimaera owstoni, is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family endemic to Japan.

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Pale ghost shark

The pale ghost shark (Hydrolagus bemisi) is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae.

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Peter R. Last

Peter Robert Last is an Australian ichthyologist, curator of the Australian National Fish Collection and a senior principal research scientist at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Pointy-nosed blue chimaera

The pointy-nosed blue chimaera (Hydrolagus trolli), also known as the pointy-nosed blue ratfish, Ray Troll's chimaera or abyssal ghostshark, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Chimaeridae.

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Purple chimaera

The purple chimaera or purple ghostshark (Hydrolagus purpurescens) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family found off Japan and Hawaii.

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Rabbit fish

Chimaera monstrosa, also known as the rabbit fish or rat fish, is a northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean species of fish in the Chimaeridae family.

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Robert Collett

Robert Collett (2 December 1842 – 27 January 1913) was a Norwegian zoologist.

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Samuel Garman

Samuel Walton Garman (June 5, 1843 – September 30, 1927), or "Garmann" as he sometimes styled himself, was a naturalist/zoologist from Pennsylvania.

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Shigeho Tanaka

was a Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo.

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Silver chimaera

The silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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Small-eyed rabbitfish

The small-eyed rabbitfish (Hydrolagus affinis) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family.

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Spotted ratfish

The spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) is a chimaera found in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Striped rabbitfish

The striped rabbitfish, Hydrolagus matallanasi, is a species of very rare deep-water chimaera that lives in the ocean at depths to 600 m. The species is 150 million years old.

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Theodore Gill

Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.

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Whitefin chimaera

The Whitefin chimaera (Chimaera argiloba) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family.

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William Charles Schroeder

William Charles Schroeder (1895–1977) was an American ichthyologist.

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William Toby White

William Toby White is an Australian ichthyologist.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae is a book written by Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimaeridae

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