Whitefin chimarea (Chimaera argiloba)

Scientific name: Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008

The Whitefin chimarea (Chimaera argiloba) is a marine fish of the family Chimaeridae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, off Northwest Australia. Questionably off Indonesia and New Caledonia.

Biology

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: snout moderately long; skin relatively thick, non-deciduous; color uniformly silvery greyish dorsally and laterally, paler ventrally; preopercular and oral lateral line canals usually not sharing a common branch; long dorsal spine, longer than first dorsal fin; structure of the CO1 gene.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Chimaera argiloba
Family
Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Order
Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras)
Class
Holocephali (Chimaeras)
Maximum length
91.2
Depth range
370–520 m (1214–1706 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 370 - 520 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: off Northwest Australia. Questionably off Indonesia and New Caledonia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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