Broadnose chimaera

Broadnose chimaera
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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. ^[2] Its natural habitat is open seas. ^[1]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.