| Jordan's chimaera | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Chimaera |
| Species: | C. jordani |
| Binomial name | |
| Chimaera jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905 | |
Jordan's chimaera (Chimaera jordani) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Japan, Madagascar, and Mozambique. It is named for the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851–1931). Its natural habitat is open seas.
References
- ^ Finucci, B.; Tanaka, S.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Chimaera jordani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60184A124449238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60184A124449238.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chimaera jordani". FishBase. June 2023 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Chimaera jordani | |
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