Carpenter's chimaera
Carpenter's chimaera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Chimaeridae |
Genus: | Chimaera |
Species: | C. lignaria |
Binomial name | |
Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002 | |
The carpenter's chimaera,[2] giant chimaera, or giant purple chimaera (Chimaera lignaria) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family[1] found near Australia and New Zealand. Its natural habitat is open seas.
References
- 1 2 Dagit, D.D. 2005. Chimaera lignaria. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
- ↑ Didier, D. A. (2002). "Two new species of chimaeroid fishes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Holocephali, Chimaeridae)". Ichthyological Research. 49 (4): 299–306. doi:10.1007/s102280200045.
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