Rabbit fish

Scientific name: Chimaera monstrosa

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0585Males and females look different

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Life cycle

The common chimaera (rabbit fish) is oviparous: its egg capsule is about 17 centimetres long, the embryos develop over about 9 to 12 months, and the young hatch at about 10 centimetres long.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-327E777A7AStatement code: CLM-ENT0585-DSC-05

Sources (1)

Sources

1Chimaera monstrosa, Rabbit fish : fisheriesSRC-DSC-327E777A7A

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Sources

1Chimaera monstrosa, Rabbit fish : fisheriesSRC-DSC-327E777A7A
2Sixth sense in the deep-sea: the electrosensory system in ghost shark Chimaera monstrosaSRC-DSC-07FEC6BC6D
3Genetic diversity and phylogeography of Chimaera monstrosa (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea: insights from COI mitochondrial DNA analysisSRC-DSC-5764F56441

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