Paddlenose chimaera
| Paddlenose chimaera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinochimaeridae |
| Genus: | Rhinochimaera |
| Species: | R. africana
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert, 1990
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The paddlenose chimaera or paddlenose spookfish (Rhinochimaera africana) is a species of marine cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near China, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, and Taiwan.