Jordan's chimaera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Chimaeridae |
Genus: | Chimaera |
Species: | C. jordani
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Binomial name | |
Chimaera jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905
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Jordan's chimaera (Chimaera jordani) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Japan, Madagascar, and Mozambique.[1] It is named for the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851–1931).[2] Its natural habitat is open seas.