Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Holocephali

Chimaeriformes

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chimaeridae Rafinesque, 1815
Rhinochimaeridae Garman, 1901

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: draakvissen
 Japanese: ギンザメ目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: havsmusartade fiskar

Literature

basis of record

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

taxonomy source

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chimaeriformes. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10217

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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2015-04-17 by Nicolas Bailly

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