Species Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chimaera argiloba Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2008. Chimaera argiloba sp. nov., a new species of chimaerid (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from northwestern Australia. pp. 341-348 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [341].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.2585–02 ♂, north-west of Geraldton, WA [28°16'S, 113°17'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H.1207-09; CSIRO H.2585-01; CSIRO H.2587-16; CSIRO H.4071-17; CSIRO H.4071-18.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Chimaera sp. E. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [474]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South of Shark Bay to off Rowley Shoals, WA, tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

370-520 m

 

General References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [474] (as Chimaera sp. E)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [489]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [489] (Whitefin Chimaera)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		17-Mar-2010	ADDED