Biology:Opal chimaera

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Opal chimaera
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species:
C. opalescens
Binomial name
Chimaera opalescens
Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011

The opal chimaera (Chimaera opalescens) is a chimaera species in the family Chimaeridae, which lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.[1][2]

References

  1. Busson, Frédéric. "Chimaera opalescens, Opal chimaera". http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Chimaera-opalescens.html. Retrieved 9 December 2018. 
  2. Luchetti, EA; Iglésias, SP; Sellos, DY (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. 

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