Rhinochimaeridae

Paddlenose chimaera

Rhinochimaera africana

Rhinochimaerid Fish from the East China Sea

• Silver
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• East Asia
• South America
• Elongated
• Large

The paddlenose chimaera or paddlenose spookfish (Rhinochimaera africana) is a species of marine cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near China, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, and Taiwan.