Chimaera (genus)
Chimaera is the type genus of the cartilaginous fish family Chimaeridae.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:Chimaera argiloba Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 Chimaera buccaginella Clerkin, Elbert, & Kemper, 2017 Chimaera carophila Kemper, Ebert, Naylor & Didier, 2014 Chimaera compacta Iglésias, Kemper & Naylor, 2022 Chimaera cubana Howell-Rivero, 1936 Chimaera didierae Clerkin, Elbert, & Kemper, 2017 Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 Chimaera jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905 Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002 Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 Chimaera ogilbyi Waite, 1898 Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011 Chimaera orientalis Angulo, M. I. Bussing, W. A. Bussing & Murase, 2014 Chimaera owstoni S. Tanaka (I), 1905 Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998 Chimaera phantasma D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Chimaera stellata Teramura, Senou & Hirase, 2024 Chimaera supapae Ebert, Krajangdara, Fahmi, & Kemper, 2024 Chimaera willwatchi Clerkin, Elbert, & Kemper, 2017
Fossil species
Several fossil species are attributed to Chimaera, but only two are confidently assignable to it. These two are C. seymourensis from the Late-Eocene La Meseta Formation on Seymour Island off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, and C. pliocenica from the Pliocene of Tuscany, Italy. Chimaera zangerli from the Late Cretaceous of Seymour Island was considered by later authors to belong to Elasmodectes instead. C. ''eophantasma from the Paleocene of England has since been considered a synonym of Elasmodus hunteri. C. gosseleti and C. rupeliensis from the Oligocene of Belgium are synonymous with each other, with C. gosseleti being the senior synonym, and have subsequently been placed in the genus Harriotta. Chimaera javana from the Miocene of Java is lost, and therefore considered a nomen dubium. "Chimaera" anomala from the Miocene of Australia is more similar to Ischyodus'', and does not belong to Chimeridae.