| Family: |
Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes) |
| Max. size: |
91.2 cm TL (male/unsexed); 87.7 cm TL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 370 - 520 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean: off Northwest Australia. Questionably off Indonesia and New Caledonia. |
| Diagnosis: |
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). |
| Biology: |
Caught over the upper continental slope (Ref. 76966). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 February 2015 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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