The small-eyed rabbitfish (''Hydrolagus affinis'') is a species of fish in the family

Chimaeridae The Chimaeridae, or short-nosed chimaeras, are a family of cartilaginous fish. They resemble other chimaeras in general form and habits, but have short, rounded snouts, without the modifications found in related families. Many species have lon ...

. It has very wide distribution almost everywhere in

Northern Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Afr ...

at depths from 300 to 2,410 m, being most common below 1,000 m. Its total length ranges from 32 to 147 cm. It has a short nose with a blunt tip. The small mouth is located on the lower part of the head and has thick lips. Its back slopes gradually and ends in a fine tail. Rabbitfish were recently caught off of the coast of Greenland and were taken to do research on the various parasites in and on the fish. Nine parasites were recorded for the ''H. Affinis species''. The nine parasites included ''Trichodina'', ''Chimaericolidea'', ''Calicotyle'', ''Multicalyx'', ''Chimaerohemecus'', ''Gonocerca phycidis'', ''Gyrocotyle abyssicola'', ''Gyrocotyle major'', and ''Lernaeopodina longibrachia''. They were found in the urinary system, gills, cloaca, gullblader and bile ducts, heart, stomach and oesophagus, inetstines, and eyes.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:rabbitfish, small-eyed small-eyed rabbitfish Fish of the North Atlantic small-eyed rabbitfish