Chimaera Linnaeus [C.] 1758:236 Fem. Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758. Type by Linnaean tautonymy. Spelled Chmaera by Berkenhout 1789:51 [ref. 12437]. On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Chimaira Duméril 1856 on Official Index as an incorrect subsequent spelling (Direction 56). •Valid as Chimaera Linnaeus 1758 -- (Krefft 1973:78 [ref. 7166], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:212 [ref. 13675], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:17 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:144 [ref. 5648], Gomon et al. 1994:186 [ref. 22532], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Compagno 1999:1533 [ref. 24636], Didier & Séret 2002:225 [ref. 26557], Didier 2002:299 [ref. 26493], Didier 2003:598 [ref. 26986], Compagno et al. 2005:13 [ref. 29145], Paxton et al. 2006:52 [ref. 28995], Didier et al. 2008:327 [ref. 29698], Last et al. 2008:341 [ref. 29699], Gomon 2008:1438 [ref. 30616], Kemper et al. 2010:55 [ref. 30883], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:16 [ref. 36649], Luchetti et al. 2011:400 [ref. 31442], Shinohara et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31715], Angelo et al. 2014:554, 560 [ref. 33497], Parin et al. 2014:17 [ref. 33547], Kemper et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33599], Kemper et al. 2015:42 [ref. 34214], Dyldin 2015:77 [ref. 34524], Bañón et al. 2016:302 [ref. 34397], Clerkin et al. 2017:7 [ref. 35546], White et al. 2017:294 [ref. 35860], Finucci et al. 2018:191 [ref. 35768], Fricke et al. 2018:7 [ref. 35805], White & Ko'ou 2018:69 [ref. 35922], Ebert et al. 2021:103 [ref. 38234], Iglésias et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38195], Ebert et al. 2024:84 [ref. 40867]). Current status: Valid as Chimaera Linnaeus 1758. Chimaeridae.