Species Detail - Opal chimaera (Chimaera opalescens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Chondrichthyans Of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Chimaera opalescens
Opal chimaera
N/A
N/A
chopa
(Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011)
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
16
2
4
01/01/2009
31/12/2009
28 August (recorded in 2004)
12 December (recorded in 2009)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Chondrichthyans Of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Opal chimaera (Chimaera opalescens), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/259/Species/187094>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)