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Cuban chimaera

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Species of fish

Cuban chimaera
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: C. cubana
Binomial name
Chimaera cubana
Howell-Rivero, 1936

The Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae. It is found in Colombia, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Finucci, B.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Simpson, N.J.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Chimaera cubana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60183A124449118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60183A124449118.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Chimaera cubana


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