Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) swimming over Sea urchins, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) on fjord bed, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, November 2006

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) on fjord bed, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, November 2006

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) showing underside, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, November 2006 WWE BOOK PLATE.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) portrait, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, November 2006

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Close up of Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009 Wild Wonders kids book.

David Shale / Smallspine spookfish (Harriotta haeckeli), a Rabbitfish / Chimaera, deep sea Atlantic ocean,

Norbert Wu / Australian Ghost Shark (Callorhinchus milii) trunk-like snout detects prey in sea bottom, primitive fish relative to sharks, lives in the deep sea, New Zealand

Norbert Wu / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) deep sea fish, Monterey, California

Florian Graner / Ratfish / Rabbitfish {Chimaera monstrosa} Trondheimsfjord, Norway

Chien Lee / Long-tailed Ground-Roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Mangily, Madagascar

Bernard Castelein / Long-tailed Ground Roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Reniala Forest, Mangily, Madagascar

Bernard Castelein / Long-tailed Ground Roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Reniala Forest, Mangily, Madagascar

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus callorynchus) specimen from Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Argentina at a depth of 82m.

Fred Bavendam / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei), British Columbia, Canada

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) captive, showing eye, head clasper to grasp female when mating and electro-recteptors (ampullae of Lorenzini) Victoria, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) captive, showing head clasper to grasp female when mating and electro-recteptors (ampullae of Lorenzini) Victoria, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) in shallow water to breed, normally inhabiting deep water, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) in shallow water to breed, normally inhabiting deep water, Victoria, Australia.

Simon Bennett / Long-tailed Ground-Roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Ifaty, Madagascar

Franco Banfi / Ratfish egg (Chimaeriformes) UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Golfo Nuevo, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina, Atlantic Ocean, October

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) swimming above seabed, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ghost shark / Ratfish (Chimaera monstrosa) portrait, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, November 2006

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) showing underside, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Fred Bavendam / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei), Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Nick Garbutt / Long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera). Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar.

Norbert Wu / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) claspers of male for use in mating, Alaska

Norbert Wu / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) usually a deep dwelling fish, Alaska

Nick Garbutt / Adult Long-tailed Ground Roller (Uratelornis chimaera) sunning on forest floor, Ifaty Spiny Forest, SW Madagascar.

Florian Graner / Ratfish / Rabbitfish female (Chimaera monstrosa) from below, with dark background. Norway

Florian Graner / Ratfish / Rabbitfish female (Chimaera monstrosa) Norway

Pete Oxford / Long-tailed ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera) Mangile near Ifaty. South-western MADAGASCAR, endemic

Pete Oxford / Long-tailed ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera) Mangile near Ifaty. South-western MADAGASCAR, endemic

Pete Oxford / Long-tailed ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera) Mangile near Ifaty. South-western MADAGASCAR, endemic

Pete Oxford / Long-tailed ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera) Mangile near Ifaty. South-western MADAGASCAR, endemic

Pete Oxford / Long-tailed ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera) Mangile near Ifaty. South-western MADAGASCAR, endemic

Fred Bavendam / Coral Rabbitfish (Siganus corallinus), Bali, Indonesia

David Shale / Smallspine spookfish (Harriotta haeckeli), a Rabbitfish / Chimaera, deep sea Atlantic ocean,

David Shale / Smallspine spookfish (Harriotta haeckeli), a Rabbitfish / Chimaera, deep sea Atlantic ocean,

David Shale / Smallspine spookfish (Harriotta haeckeli), a Rabbitfish / Chimaera, deep sea Atlantic ocean,

Norbert Wu / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) deep sea fish, Monterey, California

Nick Garbutt / Long tailed ground roller with prey {Uratelornis chimaera} Ifaty Spiny Forest SW Madagascar

Florian Graner / Ratfish / Rabbitfish {Chimaera monstrosa} Trondheimsfjord, Norway

Florian Graner / Ratfish / Rabbitfish female {Chimaera monstrosa} Sogndalsfjord, Norway

Nick Garbutt / Long tailed ground roller with prey {Uratelornis chimaera} Ifaty Spiny Forest, SW Madagascar

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of mythical hydra with hand colouring by J. Chapman 1806 after engraving by Seba in his 'Treasury of Natural History' (1734). In 1735 a young Linnaeus visited Hamburg. While ther...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of the 'Monster of Krakow' was reported widely in the mid sixteenth century as a real occurence. It was seen by many protestants as a monstrous symptom of divine displeasure at th...

Florian Graner / Ratfish {Chimaera monstrosa} Trondheimsfjord, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) juvenile, underwater, Baja California, Mexico

Franco Banfi / Ratfish / Rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa) at night, Trondheimfjord, Norway, North Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Ratfish / Rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa) at night, Trondheimfjord, Norway, North Atlantic Ocean.

Solvin Zankl / Close up of Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) Trondheimsfjord, Norway, December.

Solvin Zankl / Close up of Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) Trondheimsfjord, Norway, December.

Lorraine Bennery / Long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Reniala Forest, Madagascar, October 2019. Vulnerable species

Lorraine Bennery / Long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Reniala Forest, Madagascar, October 2019. Vulnerable species

Lorraine Bennery / Long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Reniala Forest, Madagascar, October 2019. Vulnerable species

Lorraine Bennery / Long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera), Reniala Forest, Madagascar, October 2019. Vulnerable species

Magnus Lundgren / Rabbitfish / Ratfish / Ghost shark (Chimaera monstrosa) photographed at night, Trondheim Fjord, Norway. Magnus