Biology:Jordan's chimaera

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Short description: Species of fish

Jordan's chimaera
Specimen of Chimaera jordani.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species:
C. jordani
Binomial name
Chimaera jordani
S. Tanaka (I), 1905

Jordan's chimaera (Chimaera jordani) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Japan , Madagascar , and Mozambique.[1] It is named for the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851–1931).[2] Its natural habitat is open seas.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Finucci, B.; Tanaka, S.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Chimaera jordani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T60184A124449238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60184A124449238.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60184/124449238. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Chimaera jordani" in FishBase. June 2023 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1039349 entry