| Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes) |
| 91.2 cm TL (male/unsexed); 87.7 cm TL (female) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range 370 - 520 m |
| Eastern Indian Ocean: off Northwest Australia. Questionably off Indonesia and New Caledonia. |
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This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: snout moderately long; skin relatively thick, non-deciduous; color uniformly silvery greyish dorsally and laterally, paler ventrally; preopercular and oral lateral line canals usually not sharing a common branch; long dorsal spine, longer than first dorsal fin; structure of the CO1 gene (Ref. 76966). |
| Caught over the upper continental slope (Ref. 76966). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 February 2015 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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