32.1 Chimaera monstrosa: (redrawn after von Wright et aI., 1895).
Genus Hydro/agus Gill, 1863
Fifteen or more species, 2 in our area.
KEY TO SPECIES
1 a D spine longer than head from snout tip to gill
opening; LL nearly straight, not dipping markedly
below 1st D; colour dark brown .. ......... .. .......... ....... H. africanus
Ib D spine slightly shorter than head; LL wavy, with a
noticeable dip under 1st D; colour greyish ........................ H. sp.
32.2 Hydro/agus africanus
(Gilchrist, 1922)
African chimaera
Afrikaanse chimaera
Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922: 51, PI. 8 (Natal); Smith, SFSA No.
94*. Hydrolagus africanus: Smith, 1968: 3*; Karrer, 1973: 201.
32.2 Hydrolagus africanus: 35 em to rear of 2nd D, male (Durban); top: egg-case.
"32.3 Hydrolagus sp.: 42 em to rear of 2nd D, male (Durban).
32: CHIMAERIDAE (CHIMAERAS)
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Colour blackish brown. Attains at least 67 cm, adults to
40 cm from snout to end of 2nd D. Known only from off
Natal and Kenya, 421- 750 m depth. Rare, more specimens
wanted.
32.3 Hydro/agus sp.
Colour grey-brown. Length of adolescent female 41 cm
to end of C (filament broken off), 35 cm to end of 2nd D.
One specimen taken off Durban; close to H. alberti Bigelow
& Schroeder, 1951 (from Gulf of Mexico) but possibly not
conspecific. More specimens wanted.
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