| Broadnose chimaera | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinochimaeridae |
| Genus: | Rhinochimaera |
| Species: | R. atlantica |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909 | |
The broadnose chimaera, knifenose chimaera, spearnose chimaera, or straightnose rabbitfish (Rhinochimaera atlantica) is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near Canada, Colombia, France, Gambia, Iceland, Mauritania, Mexico, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Suriname, and the United States. Its natural habitat is open seas.
References
- ^ Finucci, B. (2020). "Rhinochimaera atlantica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60145A124444407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60145A124444407.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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| Rhinochimaera atlantica | |
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