Species Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & White, 2008
Shortspine Chimaera
- Chimaera obscura 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 [334].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.1383–02 ♀, east of Tuncurry, NSW [32°06'S, 153°09'E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO H.1383–04.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Off Tuncurry (32°08'S) to off Sydney (34°36'S), NSW, reported from off Townsville to Ulladulla, but records need confirmation
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
1025-1080 m
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Chimaeras. pp. 1532-1537 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1536] (as Chimaera sp. B)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [471] (as Chimaera sp. B)
Common Name References
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 [338] (Shortspine Chimaera)
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