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Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group

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Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002. Giant, purple or carpenter's chimaera<br />

Primarily Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand. FAO Areas 57, 81. Upper<br />

to deep slope, deepsea plateaus and seamounts. 400-1800m (mostly >800m). Includes<br />

Chimaera sp. D [Last & Stevens, 1994].<br />

Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758. Rabbitfish<br />

Wide-ranging in the Northeast Atlantic including the Mediterranean. FAO Areas 27, 34, 37.<br />

Shelf and upper to mid slope. 50-1000m (mostly 300-500m).<br />

Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905. Owston's chimaera<br />

Northwest Pacific: Japan. FAO Area 61. Upper to mid slope. 500-1200m.<br />

Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998. Leopard or roundfin chimaera<br />

Southwest Pacific: New Zealand. FAO Area 81. Upper to mid slope, deepsea rises, submarine<br />

ridges and seamounts. 327-1020m.<br />

Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900. Silver chimaera<br />

Wide-ranging but patchy in the Western Pacific and Eastern Indian. FAO Areas 57, 61, 71,<br />

81. Shelf and upper to mid slope. 20-962m. Includes the junior synonym Chimaera<br />

pseudomonstrosa Fang & Wang, 1932, and Chimaera sp. E [Last & Stevens, 1994].<br />

Chimaera sp. A [Last & Stevens, 1994]. Southern chimaera<br />

Eastern Indian and Southwest Pacific: southern Australia. FAO Areas 57, 81. Upper to mid<br />

slope. 300-850m.<br />

Chimaera sp. B [Last & Stevens, 1994]. Shortspine or brown chimaera<br />

Western Pacific: Australia and New Zealand. FAO Areas 71, 81. Upper to mid slope. 450-<br />

1000m.<br />

Chimaera sp. C [Last & Stevens, 1994]. Longspine chimaera<br />

Eastern Indian and Western Pacific: Australia and possibly New Zealand. FAO Areas 57, 71,<br />

81. Upper to mid slope. 440-1300m.<br />

Chimaera cf. sp. E [Last & Stevens, 1994; White et al. 2006]. Lombok chimaera<br />

Eastern Indian: Lombok, Indonesia. FAO Area 57. Habitat not documented, but probably<br />

slope.<br />

Chimaera sp.? [not africana, Compagno et al., 1989; Didier]. Cape chimaera<br />

Southeast Atlantic: South Africa. FAO Area 47.<br />

Hydrolagus affinis (Capello, 1867). Atlantic chimaera or smalleyed rabbitfish<br />

Wide-ranging in the North Atlantic. FAO Areas 21, 27, 34. Upper to deep slope, abyssal<br />

plains and seamounts. 300-2410m (mostly >1000m).<br />

Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922). African chimaera<br />

Western Indian and probably Southeast Atlantic: southern Africa. FAO Areas 47(?), 51.<br />

Upper to mid slope. 300-1300m (mostly 421-750m).<br />

Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951. Gulf chimaera<br />

Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. FAO Area 31. Upper to mid<br />

slope. 348-1100m.<br />

Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006. Whitespot ghostshark<br />

Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands. FAO Area 87. Upper to mid slope. 600-900m.<br />

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