Species Detail - Opal chimaera (Chimaera opalescens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Chondrichthyans Of Ireland Restricted Records".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Chimaera opalescens
Opal chimaera
NBDCSYS000000214
UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
chopa
(Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011)
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
18
4
6
08/09/2000
19/09/2012
28 August (recorded in 2004)
12 December (recorded in 2009)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Chondrichthyans Of Ireland Restricted Records, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Opal chimaera (Chimaera opalescens), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/263/Species/187094>