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Chimaeridae
Stubby Chimaera
Chimaera compacta
Short body high back and broad head
- Circumpolar Antarctic
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Polar regions
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
Circumpolar Antarctic
Regional distribution
Marine fish
LargeChimaera compacta is a bathydemersal chimaera found in southern Indian Ocean.
- Class
- Chimaeras
- Order
- Chimaeras
- Family
- Chimaeridae
- Genus
- Chimaera
- Maximum length
- 84.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Southern Indian Ocean: French Southern and Antarctic Lands, off Amsterdam I.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
