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Chimaeriformes

Chimaeriformes is an order in the class Holocephali. This database currently files 99 species under it, 1 of them threatened.

Species filed
99
Threatened
1
Countries recorded
0
With a free photo
2%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Chimaeriformes?

23 families filed directly under this order.

  1. Chimaeridae

    rabbit fish, spotted ratfish, abyssal ghostshark, silver chimaera …

    50 species
  2. Callorhinchidae

    reperepe, cockfish, josef, Callorhinchus alfordi …

    13 species
  3. Squalorajidae

    Ischyodus beaumonti, Ischyodus bucklandi, Ischyodus curvidens, Ischyodus dufrenoyi …

    11 species
  4. Rhinochimaeridae

    broadnose chimaera, paddlenose chimaera, dwarf sicklefin chimaera, sicklefin chimaera …

    10 species
  5. Myriacanthidae

    Acanthorhina jaekeli, Metopacanthus bollensis, Myriacanthus granulatus, Myriacanthus paradoxus …

    6 species
  6. Elasmodectes

    Elasmodectes avitus, Elasmodectes falcatus, Elasmodectes secans

    3 species
  7. Leptacanthus

    Leptacanthus longissimus, Leptacanthus serratus, Leptacanthus tenuispinus

    3 species
  8. Chimaeropsis

    Chimaeropsis paradoxa

    1 species
  9. Pachymylus

    Pachymylus leedsi

    1 species
  10. Protochimaera

    Protochimaera mirabilis

    1 species
  11. Agkistracanthus

    0 species
  12. Amylodon

    0 species
  13. Crassidonta

    0 species
  14. Delphyodontos

    0 species
  15. Deltodontidae

    0 species
  16. Deltoptychiidae

    0 species
  17. Echinochimaera

    0 species
  18. Echinochimaeridae

    0 species
  19. Edaphodontidae

    0 species
  20. Elasmodus

    0 species
  21. Marracanthus

    0 species
  22. Menaspidae

    0 species
  23. Similihariotta

    0 species

Best-known members of Chimaeriformes

Ranked by popularity score.

Reperepe

Callorhinchus milii

CallorhinchidaeNo free photo yet

Cockfish

Callorhinchus callorynchus

CallorhinchidaeNo free photo yet

Josef

Callorhinchus capensis

CallorhinchidaeNo free photo yet

How threatened is Chimaeriformes?

2 of 99 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
VUVulnerable150%
LCLeast Concern150%

All species in Chimaeriformes

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Rabbit fishChimaera monstrosaChimaeridaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Spotted ratfishHydrolagus collieiChimaeridaeLeast ConcernNot recordedNot recorded
ReperepeCallorhinchus miliiCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
CockfishCallorhinchus callorynchusCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Abyssal GhostsharkHydrolagus trolliChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broadnose chimaeraRhinochimaera atlanticaRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
JosefCallorhinchus capensisCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Paddlenose chimaeraRhinochimaera africanaRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Silver chimaeraChimaera phantasmaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf sicklefin chimaeraNeoharriotta carriRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sicklefin chimaeraNeoharriotta pinnataRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
RatfishHarriotta raleighanaRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Large-eyed chimaeraHydrolagus mirabilisChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mitsukuri's chimaeraHydrolagus mitsukuriiChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
RatfishRhinochimaera pacificaRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
ChimaeraChimaera cubanaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Jordan's chimaeraChimaera jordaniChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Atlantic chimaeraHydrolagus affinisChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
African chimaeraHydrolagus africanusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gulf chimaeraHydrolagus albertiChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Striped chimaeraHydrolagus matallanasiChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arabian sicklefin chimaeraNeoharriotta pumilaRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Leopard chimaeraChimaera pantheraChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Purple ratfishHydrolagus purpurescensChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ninespot chimaeraHydrolagus barbouriChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pale GhostsharkHydrolagus bemisiChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bigeye chimaeraHydrolagus macrophthalmusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Eastern Pacific GhostsharkHydrolagus melanophasmaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dark chimaeraHydrolagus novaezealandiaeChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitefin chimaeraChimaera argilobaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Owston's chimaeraChimaera owstoniChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Portuguese chimaeraHydrolagus lusitanicusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bahamas chimaeraChimaera bahamaensisChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Giant chimaeraChimaera lignariaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cape chimaeraChimaera notafricanaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Opal chimaeraChimaera opalescensChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
White-spot chimaeraHydrolagus alphusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Philippine chimaeraHydrolagus deaniChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black chimaeraHydrolagus homonycterisChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pale chimaeraHydrolagus pallidusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Southern chimaeraChimaera fulvaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longspine chimaeraChimaera macrospinaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shortspine chimaeraChimaera obscuraChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Niji chimaeraHydrolagus eidolonChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Galápagos chimaeraHydrolagus mccoskeriChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Marbled GhostsharkHydrolagus marmoratusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brown chimaeraChimaera carophilaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Robin's GhostsharkHydrolagus erithacusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Stubby chimaeraChimaera compactaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Falkor chimaeraChimaera didieraeChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Eastern Pacific black chimaeraChimaera orientalisChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Seafarer's chimaeraChimaera willwatchiChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dark-mouth chimaeraChimaera buccanigellaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Thai phantom chimaeraChimaera supapaeChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Australasia narrow-nosed spookfishHarriotta aviaRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCallorhinchus alfordiCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCallorhinchus orientalisCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCallorhinchus phillipsiCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCallorhynchus atlanticusCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCanadodus suntokiChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Starry chimaeraChimaera stellataChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedProtochimaera mirabilisNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedRhinochimaera costaricanaRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAcanthorhina jaekeliMyriacanthidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBathytheristes gracilisCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBrachymylus altidensCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBrachymylus minorCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCallorhinchus stahliCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
RatfishChimaera ogilbyiChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChimaera praecisaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChimaera tropicaChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChimaeropsis paradoxaNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedElasmodectes avitusNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedElasmodectes falcatusNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedElasmodectes secansNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedHarriotta chaetirhamphusRhinochimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus beaumontiSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus bucklandiSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus curvidensSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus dufrenoyiSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus dutetriiSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus egertoniSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus emarginatusSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus johnsoniiSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus tessoniSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIschyodus tounsendiiSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedLeptacanthus longissimusNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedLeptacanthus serratusNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedLeptacanthus tenuispinusNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMetopacanthus bollensisMyriacanthidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMoskovirhynchus robustusCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMylognathus priscusChimaeridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMyriacanthus granulatusMyriacanthidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMyriacanthus paradoxusMyriacanthidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMyriacanthus retrorsusMyriacanthidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedOttangodus lotharingiaeCallorhinchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPachymylus leedsiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedRecurvacanthus uniserialisMyriacanthidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSulcacanthus schachtiSqualorajidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded