List of Nominal Species of Chimaeridae
(Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
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Nominal Species (n = 65) Present allocation (n = 44) Ref.
Chimaera abbreviata Gill, 1883 Hydrolagus affinis 3330
Chimaera affinis de Brito Capello, 1868 Hydrolagus affinis 3330
Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922 Hydrolagus africanus 3181
Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 Hydrolagus alberti 39419
Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 Hydrolagus alphus 57721
Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848 Chimaera monstrosa 39419
Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772 Chimaera monstrosa 39419
Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 Chimaera argiloba 76966
Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 Chimaera bahamaensis 84473
Chimaera barbouri Garman, 1908 Hydrolagus barbouri 26282
Hydrolagus bemisi Didier, 2002 Hydrolagus bemisi 45044
Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804 Chimaera monstrosa 39419
Chimaera buccanigella Clerkin, Ebert & Kemper, 2017 Chimaera buccanigella 116312
Chimaera carophila Kemper, Ebert, Naylor & Didier, 2014 Chimaera carophila 107024
Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839 Hydrolagus colliei 39419
Chimaera compacta Iglésias, Kemper & Naylor, 2021 Chimaera compacta 123898
Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829 Chimaera monstrosa 39419
Chimaera cubana Howell Rivero, 1936 Chimaera cubana 51158
Chimaera deani Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 Hydrolagus deani 5283
Chimaera didierae Clerkin, Ebert & Kemper, 2017 Chimaera didierae 116312
Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909 Chimaera monstrosa 39419
Psychichthys eidolon Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 Hydrolagus eidolon 26282
Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert & Kemper, 2017 Hydrolagus erithacus 116866
Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008 Chimaera fulva 76965
Chimaera gilberti Garman, 1911 Hydrolagus purpurescens 39419
Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008 Hydrolagus homonycteris 76967
Chimaera jordani Tanaka, 1905 Chimaera jordani 4443
Phasmichthys lemures Whitley, 1939 Chimaera ogilbyi 125617
Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002 Chimaera lignaria 45044
Hydrolagus lusitanicus Moura, Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, Almeida & Gordo, 2005 Hydrolagus lusitanicus 55857
Hydrolagus macrophthalmus de Buen, 1959 Hydrolagus macrophthalmus 39419
Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & White, 2008 Chimaera macrospina 76965
Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008 Hydrolagus marmoratus 76967
Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren, 2004 Hydrolagus matallanasi 52554
Hydrolagus mccoskeri Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 Hydrolagus mccoskeri 57880
Chimaera media Garman, 1911 Hydrolagus colliei 57976
Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1827 Chimaera monstrosa 39419
Hydrolagus melanophasma James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009 Hydrolagus melanophasma 82286
Chimaera mirabilis Collett, 1904 Hydrolagus mirabilis 4443
Chimaera mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1904 Hydrolagus mitsukurii 26282
Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904 Hydrolagus mitsukurii 96456
Chimaera monstrosa (non Linnaeus, 1758) Chimaera notafricana 84536
Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Chimaera monstrosa 4443
Chimaera monstrosa var. australis Hector, 1902 Hydrolagus novaezealandiae 92135
Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888 Hydrolagus colliei 39419
Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 Chimaera notafricana 84536
Chimaera novaezealandiae Fowler, 1911 Hydrolagus novaezealandiae 26282
Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & White, 2008 Chimaera obscura 76965
Chimaera ogilbyi Waite, 1898 Chimaera ogilbyi 125617
Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011 Chimaera opalescens 87424
Chimaera orientalis Angulo, López, Bussing & Murase, 2014 Chimaera orientalis 97389
Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905 Chimaera owstoni 11099
Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990 Hydrolagus pallidus 39419
Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998 Chimaera panthera 27954
Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Chimaera phantasma 5282
Chimaera plumbea Gill, 1878 Hydrolagus affinis 3330
Chimaera pseudomonstrosa Fang & Wang, 1932 Chimaera phantasma 40966
Chimaera purpurascens Jordan & Snyder, 1904 Hydrolagus eidolon 92135
Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905 Hydrolagus purpurescens 26282
Chimaera spilota Tanaka, 1908 Hydrolagus barbouri 39419
Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret, 2002 Hydrolagus trolli 45071
Chimaera tsengi Fang & Wang, 1932 Chimaera ogilbyi 50838
Chimaera vaillanti Dean, 1906 Chimaera notafricana 84536
Hydrolagus waitei Fowler, 1907 Chimaera ogilbyi 125617
Chimaera willwatchi Clerkin, Ebert & Kemper, 2017 Chimaera willwatchi 116312
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