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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Widespread in the region (Ref. 47737).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De la Paz, R.M. and R. Interior, 1979
National Database:

Classification / Names

Holocephali (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
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Common names from other countries

Ghost shark, Hēi xiàn yín jiāo, 은상어, ... more

Main reference

De la Paz, R.M. and R. Interior. 1979. (Ref. 5282)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 637); common length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9137)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 90 - 540 m (Ref. 9904)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Found in continental shelves and upper slopes (Ref. 9904, 11230); shelf edge, 60-550 m (Ref. 11230). Feeds mainly on small benthic animals (Ref. 637). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are encased in horny shells (Ref. 205). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). Caught with bottom trawls but utilization uncertain except as fish balls (kamaboko) in Japan (Ref. 9904).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Data deficient (DD)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.42 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming Fec <100)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900