Rabbitfish
Chimaera monstrosa
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Holocephali
- Order
- Chimaeriformes
- Family
- Chimaeridae
- Genus
- Chimaera
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 9 countries and 2 regions.
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 5 records
- Corsica, France - 4 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 7 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 10 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 85 records
- Azores, Portugal - 2 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 14 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 154 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 8 records