Cuban chimaera
Appearance
Cuban 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. cubana
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Binomial name | |
Chimaera cubana Howell-Rivero, 1936
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The Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae. It is found in Colombia, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ Finucci, B.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Simpson, N.J.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Chimaera cubana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60183A124449118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60183A124449118.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.