Animal Diversity Web

Chimaera monstrosa

Chimaera

(Also: Ghost shark; King of the herring; Rabbit fish; Rattail)

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 monstrosa (Chimaera)