Chimaeridae ...
Family Chimaeridae Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 —Rabbit fish 3 specimens were caught at depths between 877 and 1,323 m. Dubious identification specially after the capture of the cryptic species C. opalescens also in the bank. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal to benthopelagic at depth ran...
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| Summary: | Family Chimaeridae Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 —Rabbit fish 3 specimens were caught at depths between 877 and 1,323 m. Dubious identification specially after the capture of the cryptic species C. opalescens also in the bank. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal to benthopelagic at depth range 40–1,000 m, generally between 300 and 500 m depth. Eastern Atlantic: northern Norway and Iceland, Skagerrak and Kattegat south to Morocco including western Mediterranean Sea (some isolated records from eastern part), Azores and Madeira Islands. Records from South Africa are questionable. Vulnerability: NT (IUCN), HHV (FishBase). Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011 —Opal chimaera 4 specimens, 3 males of 10, 57 and 63 cm and one female of 64 cm TL, were caught at depths from 903 to 1,450 m. This species was recently described (Luchetti et al. 2011) and could probably be confused with C. monstrosa in previous surveys. Habitat and Distribution: Northeast Atlantic, along the slope to the west ... : Published as part of Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), pp. 293-333 in Zootaxa 4067 (3) on pages 302-303, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256670 ... |
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