Sea Monster: Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish)

Query: Rabbit fish

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Subject:	Sea Monster: Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish)
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Illustration from The Natural History of British Fishes (1802) by Edward Donovan, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 101.jpg

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Sea Monster: Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish)

Sea Monster or rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa illustration from The Natural History of British Fishes (1802) by Edward Donovan (1768-1837).
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Chimaera monstrosa
- rabbit fish, rat fish

The rabbit fish or rat fish (Chimaera monstrosa) is a cartilaginous fish species that belongs to the family Chimaeridae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. The rabbit fish is known for its characteristically large head and small, tapering body. With large eyes, nostrils, and tooth plates, the head gives them a rabbit-like appearance, hence the nickname “Rabbit fish”. The rabbit fishes can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 2.5 kg. The rabbit fish feeds mainly on bottom-living invertebrates.

Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758

Rabbit fish
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