Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758

Ebert, David A., White, William T., Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Last, Peter R., Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Séret, Bernard, Straube, Nicolas, Naylor, Gavin J. P. & De Carvalho, Marcelo R., 2013, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan, Zootaxa 3752 (1), pp. 279-386 : 370-371

Genus Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758

Rabbitfishes / ḋăé

Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758: 236 . Type by Linnaean tautonymy.

Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900

Silver Chimaera / Ḅóḋă

Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900: 338. Holotype: USNM 49398 . Type locality: Tokyo Bay , Japan.

Local synonymy: Chimaera phantasma: Shen, 1984a: 83 , fig.; Chen & Joung, 1993: 31, pl. 1.1; Shao et al., 2008: 236; Shen & Wu, 2011: 51, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (29 spec.) CAS 235434 , female 590 mm TL , CAS 235435 , female 385 mm TL , CSIRO H 6292-05 , male 500 mm TL , CSIRO H 6292-06 , male 493 mm TL, Da-xi, 21 May, 2005 ; CAS 235436 , juvenile male 210 mm TL , CAS 235437 , female 220 mm TL , CSIRO H 6294-16 , juvenile male 200 mm TL , UF 159285, juvenile male 235 mm TL, Da-xi, 23 May, 2005 ; CAS 235438 , female 663 mm TL , CSIRO H 6295-23 , female 556 mm TL , UF 159478 (5 spec.), female 662 mm TL, female 533 mm TL, female 431 mm TL, juvenile male 437 mm TL, juvenile female 455 mm TL, Da-xi, 24 May 2005 ; AMNH 258153 (tissue accession GN9968 ), female 248 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-06 (tissue accession GN9970 ), female 160 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-03 (tissue accession GN9971 ), female 154 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-04 (tissue accession GN9977 ), female 143 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-31 (tissue accession GN9980 ), juvenile male 147 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-32 (tissue accession GN9981 ), female 148 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-33 (tissue accession GN9982 ), female 148 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-34 , female 130 mm PCL, CSIRO H 7395-35 (tissue accession GN9984 ), juvenile male 135 mm PCL, MNHN 2013- 0396 (tissue accession GN9978 ), female 166 mm PCL, MNHN 2013-0397 (tissue accession GN9979 ), juvenile male 152 mm PCL, Da-xi, 15 Mar 2012 ; AMNH 258154 , female 159 mm PCL, MNHN 2013-0398 , juvenile male 127 mm PCL, MNHN 2013-0399 , female 139 mm PCL, Dong-gang, 20 Mar 2012 .

Remarks: The most common chimaerid species observed at fish markets in Taiwan. It is usually a retained component of bycatch and is marketed for human consumption.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.