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Owston's chimaera
Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905
Also calledQuimera-de-Owston (por) · Shirobuchi-ginzame (jpn) · Shirobuchiginzame (jpn) · Химера Оустона (rus) · シロブチギンザメ (jpn)
First described in: Tanaka, Shigeho. 1905. On two new species of Chimaera. Journal of the College of Sciences of the Imperial University of Tokyo 20(11): 1-14, pls. 1-2.
Owston's chimaera, Chimaera owstoni, is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae endemic to Japan. Its natural habitat is open seas.
Chimaera owstoni, is a medium sized species (reaching at least 797.0 mm TL, 471.0 mm BDL). It is distinguished from other members of its species by its small head compared to its elongated body, it curved dorsal fin, and its teardrop shaped pelvic fin.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2417339.