Chimaera phantasma

Chimaera phantasma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: Chimaera phantasma

Name

Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900:338

Synonyms

• Chimaera pseudomonstrosa Fang & Wang, 1932

Range

Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

References

Primary references

• Jordan, D.S. & Snyder, J.O. 1900. A list of fishes collected in Japan by Keinosuke Otaki, and by the United States steamer Albatross, with descriptions of fourteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1213): 335–380. BHL Reference page.  [p. 338]

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Catalogue of Life: 2024 Annual Checklist
• Chimaera phantasma in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chimaera phantasma.
• Chimaera phantasma – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• Chimaera phantasma – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Vernacular names

English: Silver chimaera
日本語: ギンザメ

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