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Shortnose Chimaeras
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Shortnose Chimaeras

Chimaeridae

The Chimaeridae, or shortnose chimaeras, are a family of cartilaginous fish.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 48 known species

Hydrolagus

genusHydrolagus

Chimaera

genusChimaera

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60452.