Chimeras
• Mostly scale less, spine at base of dorsal fin a modified scale
• Operculum covering gill slits
• Males with cephalic clasper
• Jaws firmly attached to cranium
Research Links
subclass
Holocephali (ERMS taxonomic hierarchy)
... European Register of Marine Species Taxonomic hierarchy for the subclass
Holocephali. ... Only
one group within the subclass Holocephali: order Chimaeriformes. ...
Subclass Holocephali
... Sign up for: YourName@holocephali.com. Subclass Holocephali.
Start your search on Subclass Holocephali. ...
Courtenay
Museum Earth Sciences: Paleo Page
... --. Subclass: Holocephali (Chimaera Fish): Known variously as the Rat-,
Rabbit-,
Spook-, and Ghostfish, the Holocephali (so named because their upper jaws are
...
IMAGES
... -----subclass HOLOCEPHALI (hol-Gr.
holos, whole/entire) (ceph-Gr. kephale, head.). ...
chondrichthian
- Britannica.com
... Subclass Holocephali (chimaeras, ghost sharks) Upper Devonian to present.
Cartilaginous
skeleton, 4 pairs of gills, covered on each side of the body by an ...
Fishes.html
... used by ancient Egyptians Subclass Holocephali: -ratfish,
rabbitfish, spookfish, ghostfish, these ...
CHIMAERA. The
Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000
... but they are thought to play a role in courtship. Chimaeras form the
subclass Holocephali
of the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Chondrichthyes. ...
Untitled
Sub-Unit: Subclass Holocephali. Subclass Holocephali.
The Holocephali, of which the rabbitfish is ...
Introduction
to the Vertebrates
... Subclass Holocephali. Teleost Fish, Subphylum Vertebrata:
Superclass Gnathostomata: Division Osteichthyes: ...
ZOO
138 Classification and Natrual Histroy of Fish
... the ratfish/rabbitfish, chimeras whatever you callit (Subclass
Elasmobranchii and
Subclass Holocephali). These2 subclasses, they are placed within the Class ...
CARTILAGINOUS
FISHES
... SUBCLASS HOLOCEPHALI. Characteristics: gills close behind braincase
(primitive);
operculum present; jaw support autostylic (holostylic); dentition a small number
Jawless Fishes
and Chondrichthyes
... to book but pretty close) Subphylum Vertebrata Class Chondrichthyes Subclass
Holocephali
Superorder Holocephalimorpha Order Chimeriformes Class Elasmobranchii ...
World Problems:
Alphabetic Index S... (page 381)
... Heterodonta | (D); Subclass Threatened species Hexacorallia | (D); Subclass
Threatened
species Holocephali | (D); Subclass Threatened species Horseshoe crabs | (D ...
