Rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa, Linnaeus 1758), which is a deep-sea holocephalan mostly seen
between 200-1000 m in depth. The specimen of C. monstrosa was caught in the deep-seas of Northern
Cyprus by a commercial bottom trawler from Turkey. The depth of sampling area is between 456 and
690 m. Species description fulfilled with the help of morphological features and metric
measurements. The specimen was preserved in 4% formaldehyde and deposited in the Museum of
the Systematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, (Catalogue number: MEUFC-19-11-103).