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Chimaeridae
Shortspine chimaera
Chimaera obscura
A short spine slips down Australian slopes
Shortspine chimaera is a marine fish of Southwest Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 95.1 cm.
- Class
- Chimaeras
- Order
- Chimaeras
- Family
- Chimaeridae
- Genus
- Chimaera
- Maximum length
- 95.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southwest Pacific: Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

