Chimaera monstrosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: Chimaera monstrosa

Name

Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758:236

Synonyms

Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772
Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804
Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1826
Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829
Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848
Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 236. Reference page.

Additional references

Catarino, D., Jakobsen, K., Jakobsen, J., Giacomello, E., Menezes, G.M., Diogo, H., Canha, A., Porteiro, F.M., Melo, O. & Stefanni, S. 2020. First record of the opal chimaera, Chimaera opalescens (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) and revision of the occurrence of the rabbitfish Chimaera monstrosa in the Azores waters. Journal of Fish Biology 97(3): 763–775. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14432 Reference page.
Møller, P.R., Kullberg, T. & Jørgensen, O.A. 2004. New records of chimaeroid fishes from Greenland waters (North Atlantic), with description of juvenile Chimaera monstrosa and Hydrolagus affinis (Holocephali, Chimaeridae). Cybium: International Journal of Ichthyology 28(1):55–60. DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2004-281-008 Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Chimaera monstrosa – Taxon details on Catalogue of Life (CoL).
Chimaera monstrosa – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 – Taxon details on FishBase.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chimaera monstrosa.
Chimaera monstrosa – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).
Chimaera monstrosa – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
IUCN: Chimaera monstrosa (Vulnerable)
Chimaera monstrosa in the World Register of Marine Species
ZooBank: 5AFDC2B4-EE29-4104-9B0F-5EF3B876B15D

Vernacular names

čeština: Chiméra podivná
dansk: Havmus
Deutsch: Seekatze
English: rabbit fish, rat fish
español: quimera, gato
suomi: Sillikuningas
français: Chimère monstrueuse
hrvatski: Čudnovati morski štakor
íslenska: Geirnyt
italiano: Chimera
Nederlands: Gewone draakvis
norsk nynorsk: Havmus
norsk: Havmus
polski: Chimera (ryba)
русский: Европейская химера
svenska: Havsmus
українська: Химера європейська

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