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GBIF·2417340speciesAnimalia28 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classHolocephali
  4. ›orderChimaeriformes
  5. ›familyChimaeridae
  6. ›genusChimaera
Chimaera jordani
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Chimaera jordani: museum & herbarium specimens

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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Jordan’s Chimaera

Chimaera jordani Tanaka, 1905

Also calledJordan-ginzame (jpn) · Jorudanginzame (jpn) · Quimera-do-norte (por) · chiméra Jordanova (ces) · ジョルダンギンザメ (jpn) · 喬丹氏銀鮫 (zho) · 喬氏銀鮫 (zho) · 黑翅沙 (zho) · 鼠魚 (zho)

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.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2417340.