Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Holocephali > Order Chimaeriformes > Family Rhinochimaeridae > Genus Rhinochimaera

Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhinochimaera*	Garman, 1901	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: knifenose chimaera sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Lithuanian: atlantinė peiliasnukė chimera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: носатая атлантическая химера sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Химера носата атлантична

Literature

original description	Holt, E. W. L.; Byrne, L. W. (1909). Preliminary note on some fishes from the Irish Atlantic slope. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8). v. 3 (no. 15): 279-280.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
additional source	Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp.
additional 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.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Rhinochimaera atlantica, Iceland, by Dolgov, A.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909. 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:105830