Jordan's chimaera
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Chimaeridae |
Genus: | Chimaera |
Species: | C. jordani
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Binomial name | |
Chimaera jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905
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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
[edit]- ^ a b 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. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chimaera jordani". FishBase. June 2023 version.