Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 042005 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Image
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Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images- Image by:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Licence:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
- Rights:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Family
- 37 42 Chimaeridae (Shortnose Chimaeras) - show full list
- Standard Name
- Southern Chimaera
- Common Names List
- southern chimaera
ghostshark
deepwater ghost shark - Organism Type
- a shortnose chimaera
- Synonyms
- Hydrolagus sp. [Last et al 1983] Chimaera sp. 1 [in May & Maxwell, 1986] Chimaera sp. A [Last & Stevens, 1994]
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
- Parent Codes
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37 042902
Chimaera spp.
- Previous Codes
(if any) - 042005, 37 042506, 042506
- Common/Standard Name Notes
- "ghostshark" is the marketing name for this species. Provisional common name (species not in standard names list)
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a5457238-8ae5-4edc-9eb8-9c58b696c6dd
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaFishes of Australia 2662
View at Fishes of AustraliaWorld Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398336
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2008-11-19Occurrence locations [329] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 780 to 1095 m.