Starry Chimaera

Chimaera stellata

Starry spots scatter across a Pacific dark body

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Tropical fish

Chimaera stellata, the stellated chimaera, is a type of chimaera of the family Chimaeridae found exclusively in Okinawa Trough, East China Sea, from only one specimen.

Class: Chimaeras
Order: Chimaeras
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Okinawa Trough.

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