📸 PhotoPhoto: A. C. Tatarinov · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Silver chimaera
Chimaera phantasma (Silver chimaera · ギンザメ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum body length of 1 m equals the length of a single 1 m ruler (Comparison).
- 💡 Its common body length of 60 cm equals the length of two 30 cm student rulers placed end to end (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Silver chimaera is a chimaera living on deep bottoms off the coasts of Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the Philippines. It was assessed as Vulnerable (VU, 2020) on the IUCN Red List.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It grows up to 1 m, with a common length of 60 cm. Its eggs are encased in tough, horn-like shells.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It mainly eats small bottom-dwelling animals. It is oviparous (egg-laying).
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
FishBase records it in the western Pacific across Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and the Philippines, and it is also listed as Eunsangeo (Korean name) on the National List of Species of Korea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List VU (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60187/68617625
- • IUCN Red List category VU — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 69S9B
- • iucnredlist.org — 68617625
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057239 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057239
- • wikidata.org — Q1071811
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Chimaera phantasma.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Chimaera-phantasma.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Chimaera monstrosa)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.