''Harriotta'' is a
genus
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of
cartilaginous fish
Chondrichthyes (; ) is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or ''bony fishes'', which have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue ...
in the family
Rhinochimaeridae
The Rhinochimaeridae, commonly known as long-nosed chimaeras, are a family (biology), family of cartilaginous fish. They are similar in form and habits to other chimaeras, but have an exceptionally long conical or paddle-shaped snout. The snout h ...
.
Some common names for species in the genus include bentnose rabbitfish, bigspine spookfish, longnose chimaera, long-nosed chimaera, longnosed chimaera, and narrownose chimaera.
Distribution
''Harriotta'' species can be found in the deep waters of continental slopes around 380 to 2,600 m deep in the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. It is also known to be found in the Indian Ocean off of southern Australia. They are also common in the northern Atlantic, northwest Pacific, and southwest Pacific Oceans.
It contains these species:
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Harriotta haeckeli
The smallspine spookfish (''Harriotta haeckeli'') is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae with a rather disjunct population. Its natural habitat is open seas.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Christine Karrer in 1972. ...
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Karrer Karrer is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Annie May Hurd Karrer (1893–?), American plant physiologist
* Chris Karrer(born 1947), German guitarist and composer
* Felix Karrer (1825–1903), Austrian geologist
* Josef Karrer (bor ...
, 1972 (smallspine spookfish)
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Harriotta lehmani
''Harriotta'' is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae.
Some common names for species in the genus include bentnose rabbitfish, bigspine spookfish, longnose chimaera, long-nosed chimaera, longnosed chimaera, and narrownose ...
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Werdelin, 1986
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Harriotta raleighana
The narrownose chimaera (''Harriotta raleighana'') is a longnose chimaera of the family Rhinochimaeridae, the longnose chimaeras, consisting of eight species belonging three genera. This species is found in temperate seas worldwide, at depths bet ...
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Goode & Bean
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, 1895 (narrownose chimaera)
See also
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List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes ''and'' are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacul ...
References
Cartilaginous fish genera
Fauna of the Canary Islands
Fish of Namibia
Marine fish of Southern Australia
Marine fish of New Zealand
Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean
Taxa named by George Brown Goode
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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