WoRMS taxon details
Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758
105824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105824)
accepted
Species
Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted
Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772 · unaccepted
Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804 · unaccepted
Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829 · unaccepted
Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909 · unaccepted
Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Chimaera monstrosa var. australis Hector, 1902 accepted as Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 236 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 236 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105824 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 236 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772) Ascanius, P. (1772). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen, 1767-1806.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50. [Part 1 with 2nd ed. (1772) and 3rd ed. (1806); parts 3 and 4 with 2nd ed. (1806). In French. Also a Danish edition, ref. 30153.]. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 236 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772) Ascanius, P. (1772). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen, 1767-1806.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50. [Part 1 with 2nd ed. (1772) and 3rd ed. (1806); parts 3 and 4 with 2nd ed. (1806). In French. Also a Danish edition, ref. 30153.]. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku lepur | [details] |
| Breton | razh | [details] |
| Danish | havmus | [details] |
| Dutch | ratjegewone draakvisdraakvis | [details] |
| English | rat fishrabbit-fishrabbit fish | [details] |
| French | roi des harengsroi de harengschimère communechimère | [details] |
| German | SeeratteSeekatze | [details] |
| Hebrew | כימרה | [details] |
| Lithuanian | europinė chimera | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Χίμαιρα | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | havmus | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | havmus | [details] |
| Polish | przerazachimera pospolita | [details] |
| Russian | химера европейская | [details] |
| Spanish | quimera | [details] |
| Swedish | havsmus | [details] |
| Turkish | tavşan balığıtavsan baligisıçan balığısican baligi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Химера європейськаЄвропейська химера | [details] |
| Welsh | cwningen fôr | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (444 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chimaera monstrosa)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To FishBase images (Chimaera monstrosa, Norway, by Svensen, E.)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (444 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chimaera monstrosa)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To FishBase images (Chimaera monstrosa, Norway, by Svensen, E.)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To PESI
To ITIS
