Genus Chimaera

Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758

First dorsal fin with a strong spine, the upper half free from the front margin of the fin; anal fin separated from the caudal fin by a deep notch; caudal fin ending in a filament (nearly always incomplete).

See family for biology, etc.

Species 6; in Clofnam area 1.

Recent revisions: Bigelow and Schroeder (1953a).

Species of this genus in the program:
Chimaera monstrosa

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