WoRMS taxon details
Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922)
217437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217437)
accepted
Species
Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]
Description First dorsal spine midly toxic. Rare, more specimens wanted.
Description First dorsal spine midly toxic. Rare, more specimens wanted. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217437 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [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]
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description First dorsal spine midly toxic. Rare, more specimens wanted. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African chimaera | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus africanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus africanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
