Animal Diversity Web

Chimaera cubana

Chimaera

(Also: Conejo de lo alto; Cuban chimaera; Cuban ratfish; Elephantfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Holocephali
        
        Order Chimaeriformes
        
        Family Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
        
        Genus Chimaera
        
        Species Chimaera cubana (Chimaera)