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Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published 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.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Holocephali
order
Chimaeriformes
family
Chimaeridae
genus
Chimaera
species
Chimaera owstoni

Name

Homonyms
Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905
Common names
Jaapani meritont in Estonian
Shirobuchi-ginzame in Japanese
欧氏银鲛 in language.
歐氏銀鮫 in language.
Owston’s Chimaera in English
Shirobuchi-ginzame in Japanese
シロブチギンザメ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Didier, Dominique A., 1995: Phylogenetic Systematics of Extant Chimaeroid Fishes (Holocephali, Chimaerodei). American Museum Novitates (3119). 1-86.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
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