List of chimaeras
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish belonging to the subclass Holocephali, in the class Chondrichthyes, distantly related to sharks and rays. Listed below are extant species of chimaera. Chimaera diversity is spread across more than 50 species in six genera, three families, and one order. The families and genera within the orders are listed in alphabetical order.Order Chimaeriformes
- * Family Callorhinchidae
- ** Genus Callorhinchus
- *** Callorhinchus callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758
- *** Callorhinchus capensis A. H. A. Duméril, 1865
- *** Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823
- * Family Chimaeridae
- ** Genus Chimaera
- *** 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 willwatchi Clerkin, Elbert, & Kemper, 2017
- ** Genus Hydrolagus
- *** Hydrolagus affinis Brito Capello, 1868
- *** Hydrolagus africanus Gilchrist, 1922
- *** Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951
- *** Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006
- *** Hydrolagus barbouri Garman, 1908
- *** Hydrolagus bemisi Didier, 2002
- *** Hydrolagus colliei Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839
- *** Hydrolagus deani H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
- *** Hydrolagus eidolon D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925
- *** Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Elbert, & Kemper, 2017
- *** Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008
- *** Hydrolagus lemures Whitley, 1939
- *** Hydrolagus lusitanicus T. Moura, I. M. R. Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, C. Almeida & Gordo, 2005
- *** Hydrolagus macrophthalmus F. de Buen, 1959
- *** Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008
- *** Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren, 2004
- *** Hydrolagus mccoskeri L. A. K. Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006
- *** Hydrolagus melanophasma K. C. James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009
- *** Hydrolagus mirabilis Collett, 1904
- *** Hydrolagus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904
- *** Hydrolagus novaezealandiae Fowler, 1911
- *** Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990
- *** Hydrolagus purpurescens C. H. Gilbert, 1905
- *** Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret, 2002
- * Family Rhinochimaeridae
- ** Genus Harriotta
- *** Harriotta haeckeli Karrer, 1972
- *** Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895
- ** Genus Neoharriotta
- *** Neoharriotta carri Bullis & J. S. Carpenter, 1966
- *** Neoharriotta pinnata Schnakenbeck, 1931
- *** Neoharriotta pumila Didier & Stehmann, 1996
- ** Genus Rhinochimaera
- *** Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert, 1990
- *** Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909
- *** Rhinochimaera pacifica Mitsukuri, 1895