Author: Linnaeus, 1758
FBname: Rabbit fish
Comments: Bathydemersal to benthopelagic generally between 300 and 500 m depth.  Found in the upper continental slope.  Usually found in deeper waters in southern latitudes, while making a summer inshore migration up to 40-100 m in the northern areas.  Sluggish, usually occurring in small groups.  Feeds mainly on bottom-living invertebrates.  The single dorsal spine is sharp and pointed, and although only mildly venomous can inflict a painful wound.  Oviparous.  Males have a clasper on the forehead that is probably used to hold on to the female during copulation.  Egg capsules are about 17 cm long; young look alike adults and hatch when 10 cm long.  Common by-catch when trawling for shrimps in the North Sea or Skaggerak.