WoRMS taxon details
Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010
712406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712406)
accepted
Species
Chimaera vaillanti Dean, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kemper, J.M.; Ebert, D.A.; Compagno, L.J.V.; Didier, D.A. (2010). <i>Chimaera notafricana</i> sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from southern Africa. Zootaxa 2532:55-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2532.1.2 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712406 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Kemper, J.M.; Ebert, D.A.; Compagno, L.J.V.; Didier, D.A. (2010). <i>Chimaera notafricana</i> sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from southern Africa. Zootaxa 2532:55-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2532.1.2 [details]
original description (of Chimaera vaillanti Dean, 1906) Dean, B. (1906). Chimaeroid fishes and their development. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications.</em> 32: 1-195, Pls. 1-11. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Chimaera vaillanti Dean, 1906) Dean, B. (1906). Chimaeroid fishes and their development. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications.</em> 32: 1-195, Pls. 1-11. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
