Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346633
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scientific name	Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758
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Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL —Rabbit fish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Chimera monstrosa and Chimoera monstrosa , L. by Gruvel (1931: 73, 77); subsequently recorded as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 11); as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 67); recently recorded as Chimaera monstrosa View in CoL by Aguillar et al. (2018: 80).

Distribution. Greenland, western Baltic Sea, northern North Sea, Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Norway to Morocco, Madeira and Azores.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NT: 1 March 2007); Med. (NT: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.

Anguilliformes