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Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010
Cape chimaera
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Holocephali (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Etymology: Chimaera: Named for the mythological creature composed of parts of multiple animals, referring to their odd mix of characteristics (See ETYFish); notafricana: notos (Gr.), south, referring to its known distribution off the western and southern coasts of southern Africa (See ETYFish).
Etymology: Chimaera: Named for the mythological creature composed of parts of multiple animals, referring to their odd mix of characteristics (See ETYFish); notafricana: notos (Gr.), south, referring to its known distribution off the western and southern coasts of southern Africa (See ETYFish).
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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 680 - 1000 m (Ref. 84536). Deep-water
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Southeast Atlantic: from off Lüderitz, Namibia, around the Cape of Good Hope and eastwards to Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
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Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 83.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84536); 93.0 cm TL (female)
Max length : 83.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84536); 93.0 cm TL (female)
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This species was assigned to the genus Chimaera based on the presence of an anal fin which is separate from the ventral caudal margin by a notch. It is distinguished from its congeners by a set of characters: uniform blackish brown color with dark bluish streaking and precaudal tail with longitudinal light and dark stripes; dorsal spine when depressed reaches beyond origin of second dorsal fin; large triangular pectoral fins, when depressed reaches just to pelvic-fin origin; caudal fin ventral margin ending very slightly posterior to caudal fin dorsal margin insertion; males with short pelvic claspers that are externally trifid, 12.1-12.3% BDL, not extending past distal tip of pelvic fins, divided for distal one-third of length; distance from anterior base of dorsal fin spine to center of supratemporal canal short, 6.5-14.8% HDL (Ref. 84536).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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Kemper, J.M., D.A. Ebert, L.J.V. Compagno and D.A. Didier, 2010. Chimaera notafricana sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from southern Africa. Zootaxa 2532:55-63. (Ref. 84536)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 September 2019
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Not Evaluated
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