Rhinochimaera atlantica

Author
Holt & Byrne, 1909
Common Names
  • Atlantic Longnose Chimaera
  • Broadnose Chimaera
  • Knifenose Chimaera
  • Spearnose Chimaera
  • Straightnose Rabbitfish

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Min Depth
530 meters
Max Depth
1000 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Nova Scotia to French Guiana
Habitat-Biology
  • slope
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Bigelow, H. B., and W. C. Schroeder. 1954. Deep water elasmobranches and chimaeroids from the northwestern Atlantic slope. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 112: 37–87.

  • 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.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

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, 04-25-2024.

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