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Chimaera monstrosa  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161022

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): rabbitfish [English]
  
    ratfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassChondrichthyes  -- cartilaginous fishes, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, poissons cartilagineux, raies, rays, requins, sharks, tubarão  
             SubclassHolocephali  -- cartilaginous fishes, chimaeras  
                SuperorderHolocephalimorpha   
                   OrderChimaeriformes  -- chimaeras  
                      SuborderChimaeroidei   
                         FamilyChimaeridae Bonaparte, 1831 -- chimaeras, chimères, quimeras, ratfishes, shortnose chimaeras, shortnosed chimaeras  
                            GenusChimaera Linnaeus, 1758  
                               SpeciesChimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 -- rabbitfish, ratfish  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Chimaera monstrosa   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Chimaera monstrosa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Didier, Dominique A.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic Systematics of Extant Chimaeroid Fishes (Holocephali, Chimaerodei)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates (3119)   
  Page(s): 1-86   
  Publisher: American Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.   
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  Reference for: Chimaera monstrosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chimaera monstrosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chimaera monstrosa   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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