Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > 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 (+) (-)

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

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

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

Dutch: ratje

English: rabbit-fish; rat fish sources: 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

English-United States: Rabbit-fish sources: Charles Hussey

French: chimère; chimère commune; roi de harengs; roi des harengs sources: Louisy P., 2002 - Guide d'identification des poissons marins - Europe et Méditerranée, Ulmer ed, 430 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.;Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: havmus

Norwegian Nynorsk: havmus

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	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.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (20 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (344 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105824