Life Cycle
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Oviparous (Ref. 205).
Trophic Strategy
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Found in continental shelves and upper slopes. Feeds mainly on small benthic animals. Also in Ref. 9137.
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- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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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).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Importance
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fisheries: commercial
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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分布於西太平洋區，包括日本、韓國、臺灣、中國及菲律賓。臺灣分布於東部及東北部外海。
利用
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主要為底拖網捕獲。棲息地較深，故較不常見。一般以下雜魚處理，近來亦有人食用較大之魚，亦有人將之用於中藥材。
描述
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體側扁而延長，向後漸細小。頭高而側扁，約為全長的1/8，頭寬約為等於頭高的1/2。雄性的眼前上方具一柄狀且彎曲的額交腳器(frontal
clasper)，但交腳器可豎直，前端具一群小棘。吻短高而圓鈍。眼大，上側位。側線呈波紋縱走。上頜前齒板喙狀，側齒寬大而呈三角形；下頜齒寬大，邊緣凹入。背鰭2個，以一低膜相連，第一背鰭具一扁長硬棘，硬棘後緣上部鋸齒狀，下部具一淺溝，前緣則鋒利；第二背鰭低平延長，與尾鰭上葉間以一缺刻分隔；臀鰭低平，後端尖突，與尾鰭下葉間以一缺刻分隔；腹鰭中大，雄性腹鰭內側具三叉形之生殖交腳器(pelvic
clasper)，腹鰭前方另具一圓扁形之前生殖交腳器(prepelvic
clasper)，內緣具8個鋸齒；胸鰭寬大；尾鰭細長，上葉鰭高約與第二背鰭後部鰭高的1/2。體銀白色，頭的上部、第一背鰭、第二背鰭上部及背側上部暗褐色；側線黑褐色，側線下方具一暗黑色縱帶。
棲地
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棲息於大陸棚及上層斜坡的中小型深水魚。冬季向近海洄游。卵生，卵殼大而呈紡錘形。主要以小型底棲動物為食。
Silver chimaera
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The silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is open seas.
Silver chimaera got its name for the string patterns on the surface of its body, like a monster sewed up by different animal parts, referring to a Greek mythic creature named chimaera (mythology), which combined lion with the snake and goat. One of the fascinating features of Silver Chimaera is its teeth. Teeth are actually the skin derivatives, not just refer to hard stuff inside the mouth. As for Chimaera fish, the male fish has three kinds of teeth, which grow by different organs respectively.
Tabular tooth, growing inside the mouth, like pufferfish, for smashing the creatures with shells (shellfish and crab)
Hook tooth, growing on its head, there is a little jaw on male's head, which is believed to fix the male on the female while mating
Blade tooth, growing by cloaca, is believed to be used to cut the special organ off from the female after mating
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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