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Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Etymology: Chimaera: Named for the mythological creature composed of parts of multiple animals, referring to their odd mix of characteristics (See ETYFish).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 772 - 775 m (Ref. 130779). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea of Thailand,
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.8 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 130779)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: massive head with a short snout; eyes relatively large, horizontally oval, its length 32.2% head length; thin body with a relatively long trunk 40% body length (BDL), deciduous skin; preopercular and oral lateral line canals sharing a common branch; posterior margin of the pectoral fins slightly convex; long dorsal spine 27% BDL, longer than the first dorsal fin; uniformly dark brown (Ref. 130779).
Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Ebert, D.A., T. Krajangdara, Fahmi and J.M. Kemper, 2024. Chimaera supapae (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from the Andaman Sea of Thailand. Raffles Bull. Zool. 72:84-90. (Ref. 130779)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00339 (0.00139 - 0.00824), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
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