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Chimaeridae
Jordan's Chimaera
Chimaera jordani
A hard shelled egg descends into Sagami Bay
- Silver
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Large
Silver
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
LargeJordan's Chimaera is known from Northwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Chimaeras
- Order
- Chimaeras
- Family
- Chimaeridae
- Genus
- Chimaera
- Maximum length
- 64 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: known only from the type locality, Sagami Sea (Japan). Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to about Guinea. Taxonomic status of the West African specimens is uncertain.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
