Biology:Broadnose chimaera

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Broadnose chimaera
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Rhinochimaeridae
Genus: Rhinochimaera
Species:
R. atlantica
Binomial name
Rhinochimaera atlantica
Holt & Byrne, 1909

The broadnose chimaera, knifenose chimaera, spearnose chimaera, or straightnose rabbitfish (Rhinochimaera atlantica) is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near Canada , Colombia, France , Gambia, Iceland, Mauritania, Mexico, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa , Suriname, and the United States .[2] Its natural habitat is open seas.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Finucci, B. (2020). "Rhinochimaera atlantica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T60145A124444407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60145A124444407.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60145/124444407. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. https://books.google.com/books?id=lAgyDQAAQBAJ. Retrieved 13 July 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2857205 entry