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Rabbit fish

Chimaera monstrosa

4,170Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan112
Feb571
Mar236
Apr330
May140
Jun180
Jul110
Aug352
Sep1,237
Oct134
Nov639
Dec129

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
4,170
Peak month
September
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Chimaera monstrosa
Also known as
Rabbitfish
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Holocephali
Order
Chimaeriformes
Family
Chimaeridae
Genus
Chimaera
Name with authority
Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1160972 · GBIF 2417343