Seafarer's Chimaera
Chimaera willwatchi
Chimaera willwatchi is a bathydemersal chimaera found in southwest Indian Ocean Ridge, northern Madagascar Rift, and Walter Shoals.
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Description
Chimaera willwatchi has several general characteristics, such as blocky head, square snout, large body, well-defined suborbital ridges, slight iridescent sheen, and brown purple-colored body. The maximum total length of this species is around 83.4 cm for the male specimens and 97.1 cm for female specimens.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 623705.