Chimaera cubana

Author
Howell Rivero, 1936
Common Names
  • Cuban Chimaera

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Min Depth
180 meters
Max Depth
900 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • slope
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Bigelow, H. B., and W. C. Schroeder. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, and chimaeroids. Pp. 1–588 in J. Tee-Van et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 2. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, and chimaeroids Memoir Sear Foundation of Marine Research, New Haven.

  • Didier, D. A. 1995. Phylogenetic systematics of extant chimaeroid fishes (Holocephali, Chimaeroidei). American Museum Novitates, 3119: 1–89.

  • Didier, D. A. 2002. Chimaeras. Pp. 592–599 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 1: Introduction, mollusks, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-11-2024.

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