Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Holocephali > Order Chimaeriformes > Family Chimaeridae > Genus Chimaera

Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chimaera*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshku lepur sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Breton: razh sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Danish: havmus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: draakvis; gewone draakvis; ratje sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: rabbit fish; rabbit-fish; rat fish sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

French: chimère; chimère commune; roi de harengs; roi des harengs sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Seekatze; Seeratte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Χίμαιρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: כימרה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: europinė chimera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: havmus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: havmus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: chimera pospolita; przeraza sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: химера европейская sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: quimera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: havsmus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: sican baligi; sıçan balığı; tavsan baligi; tavşan balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Європейська химера; Химера європейська sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: cwningen fôr

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Chimaera monstrosa, Norway, by Svensen, E.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105824