40 Species in Family Chimaeridae
Nominal species list for Chimaeridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 Whitefin chimarea
Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 Bahamas ghost shark
Chimaera cubana Howell Rivero, 1936 Chimaera
Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008 Southern chimaera
Chimaera jordani Tanaka, 1905
Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002 Carpenter's chimaera
Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & White, 2008 Longspine chimaera
Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Rabbit fish
Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 Cape chimaera
Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & White, 2008 Shortspine chimaera
Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011 Opal chimaera
Chimaera orientatis Angulo, López, Bussing & Murase, 2014 Eastern Pacific black chimaera
Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905
Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998
Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Silver chimaera
Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868) Smalleyed rabbitfish
Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) African chimaera
Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951
Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006
Hydrolagus barbouri (Garman, 1908)
Hydrolagus bemisi Didier, 2002
Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Spotted ratfish
Hydrolagus deani (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) Philippine chimaera
Hydrolagus eidolon (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008 Black ghostshark
Hydrolagus lemures (Whitley, 1939) Blackfin ghostshark
Hydrolagus lusitanicus Moura, Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, Almeida & Gordo, 2005
Hydrolagus macrophthalmus de Buen, 1959 Big eye chimaera
Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008
Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren, 2004 Striped rabbitfish
Hydrolagus mccoskeri Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 Galápagos Ghost Shark
Hydrolagus melanophasma James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009 Eastern Pacific Black Ghostshark
Hydrolagus mirabilis (Collett, 1904) Large-eyed rabbitfish
Hydrolagus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1904) Spookfish
Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) Dark ghost shark
Hydrolagus ogilbyi (Waite, 1898) Ogilbys ghostshark
Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990
Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905) Purple chimaera
Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret, 2002 Pointy-nosed blue chimaera
Hydrolagus waitei Fowler, 1907
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