Species Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008
Southern Chimaera
- 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
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.
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)
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
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