Species Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chimaera fulva Didier, D.A., Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2008. Three new species of the genus Chimaera Linnaeus (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Australia. pp. 327-340 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 [328].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.5301–08 ♀, south-east of Cape Everard, VIC [38°20'S, 149°41'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H.1190-03; CSIRO H.2294-02; CSIRO H.2584-22; CSIRO H.2616-03; CSIRO H.2621-03; CSIRO H.4873-05.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Chimaera sp. A. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [470]
• Chimaera sp. 1. —
  May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [158]
• Hydrolagus sp. —
  Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [169]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Broken Bay, NSW (33°34'S) to off Shoal Point, WA (28°07'S) and TAS, temperate

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

780-1095 m, near or on bottom

 

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Dasyatidae, Myliobatidae, Chimaeridae, Callorhinchidae, Rhinochimaeridae. 138-149 pp. in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [144] (as Chimaera sp.)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [169] (as Chimaera sp.)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [470] (as Chimaera sp. A)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [490]

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [158] (as Chimaera sp. 1)

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [490] (Southern Chimaera)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		25-Jul-2014	MODIFIED
		17-Mar-2010	ADDED