Animal Diversity Web

Rhinochimaera pacifica

Deep-sea Pacific knife-nose chimaera

(Also: Deep-sea chimaera; Narrownose chimaera; Pacific longnosed chimaera; Pinocchiofish)

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 Rhinochimaeridae (Longnose chimaeras)
        
        Genus Rhinochimaera
        
        Species Rhinochimaera pacifica (Deep-sea Pacific knife-nose chimaera)