Chimaera
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(kmr´), cartilaginous marine fish, related to the sharks. Also called ratfishes, chimaeras are found in temperate oceans throughout the world, mostly in deep water.
Chimaera
Other meanings, including the ancient placename Chimaera, are based on the mythological creature Chimera; see the disambiguation page Chimera for a full list.
CHIMAERA
Chimaera (or ratfish) are cartilaginous fish that have compressed bodies and rodent-like teeth (hence their name).
chimaeras
rays
sharks
skates
Tiger shark - Galeocerdo cuvier
Sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras together make up a group of fishes known as the cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes).
Rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa)
An unusual relative of sharks, the rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa) is a deep-dwelling fish with a strange, yet distinctive appearance. Also... More 8 Images 0 videos ...
Chimaera monstrosa, Rabbit Fish
Chironex fleckeri, Box Jellyfish
Chiroteuthis veranyi veranyi, Long-armed Squid
Choridactylus multibarbus, Orangebanded Stingfish
Chromis insolata, Sunshinefish
Chromis analis, Yellow Chromis ...
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Sharks
Sharman's rock-wallaby Petrogale sharmani
Sharpnose Sevengill Shark trawled during the NORFANZ expedition
Sharpnose Sevengill Shark, Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) ...
A: The world catch of cartilaginous fishes (sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras) has been increasing since the early 1940s, and as of 1994 the total catch exceeded 730 784 tonnes.
Family: Chimaeridae, Chimaeras view all from this family
Description To 3'2" (96 cm). Elongate, head large, tapering to slender caudal fin; bronze above, with metallic hues, silvery below with numerous white spots; eyes green.
†Dermotherium chimaera
The Mixodectidae appear to be fossil Dermoptera.
Uratelornis chimaera
[sw. Madagascar]
Of all the great birds in Madagascar, this is the one that captured my imagination 25 years ago. It is the strangest of this Malagasy endemic family: a unique mix of a roadrunner, pitta & roller.
These Trematodes occur in the alimentary canal and adjacent organs of Mollusca, the gall-bladder of Chimaera, and the intestine of Chelonia and of certain fish.
CHIMAERIFORMES
plownose chimaeras, shortnose chimaeras, longnose chimaeras
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These minerals are only present in their teeth and skin. The class includes the sharks, sawfish, rays and chimaeras. The majority of them are marine, though a few do venture into brackish and freshwater.
Sawfishes are in the same superorder as rays, skates, and guitarfishes, and in the same class (Chondrichthyes) that also includes sharks and chimaeras. Chondrichthian animals have a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone.
 See also: Shark, Whale, Tiger, Whale Shark, Diver
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