Rat fish (English spelling)

Japanese: rat fish(英語表記)ratfish
Rat fish (English spelling)

...The name comes from the silvery white color of its body. Its English name is rat fish or rabbit fish because of its face. Three species are popular: the Chimaera phantasma, the Cocono-spotted Chimaera, and the Red Chimaera. The Chimaera phantasma (illustration) is the most commonly seen species, and is found from Hokkaido to the East China Sea, living on the bottom of the continental shelf slope at depths of about 90 to 540 meters.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rat fish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…名は体が銀白色を呈することに由来する。英名はその顔つきからrat fish,またはrabbit fishという。ギンザメ,ココノホシギンザメ,アカギンザメの3種がポピュラーであるが,なかでもギンザメChimaera phantasma(イラスト)はもっともふつうに見られる種類で,北海道から東シナ海にかけて分布し,水深90mから540mくらいのやや深い大陸棚斜面の海底で生活する。…

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