Owston's chimaera

Owston's chimaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: C. owstoni
Binomial name
Chimaera owstoni
S. Tanaka (I), 1905

Owston's chimaera, Chimaera owstoni, is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family endemic to Japan. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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