The Rhinochimaeridae, commonly known as long-nosed chimaeras, are a

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. They are similar in form and habits to other

chimaera Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes , known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish, spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last three names are not to be confused with rattails, Opisthoproctidae, or Siganidae, respectively. At ...

s, but have an exceptionally long conical or paddle-shaped snout. The snout has numerous sensory nerve endings, and is used to find food such as small fish. The first

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includes a mildly venomous spine, used in defense. Long-nosed chimaeras are found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide, from in depth. In August 2020, a long-nosed chimaera was brought up from off the

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. They range from in maximum total length, depending on species. Long-nosed chimaera profile

Species

The eight known species are in three genera: Family Rhinochimaeridae * Genus ''

Harriotta ''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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, 1895 ** ''

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. I ...

'' Karrer, 1972 (smallspine spookfish) ** ''

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 ...

'' Goode & Bean, 1895 (narrownose chimaera) Harriotta raleighana

* Genus ''

Neoharriotta ''Neoharriotta'' is a genus of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae. Species * '' Neoharriotta carri'' Bullis & J. S. Carpenter, 1966 (Dwarf sicklefin chimaera) * ''Neoharriotta pinnata'' Schnakenbeck, 1931 (Sicklefin chimaera) * ''Neoharriotta ...

'' Bigelow &

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, 1950 ** ''

Neoharriotta carri The dwarf sicklefin chimaera (''Neoharriotta carri'') is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed ...

'' Bullis & J. S. Carpenter, 1966 (dwarf sicklefin chimaera) ** ''

Neoharriotta pinnata The sicklefin chimaera (''Neoharriotta pinnata'') is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Sene ...

'' Schnakenbeck, 1931 (sicklefin chimaera) ** ''

Neoharriotta pumila The Arabian sicklefin chimaera (''Neoharriotta pumila'') is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near Somalia, Yemen, and possibly India. Its natural habitat is open sea The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ...

'' Didier & Stehmann, 1996 (Arabian sicklefin chimaera) * Genus ''

Rhinochimaera ''Rhinochimaera'' is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae, with these species: * ''Rhinochimaera africana'' Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert, 1990 (paddlenose chimaera) * ''Rhinochimaera atlantica'' Holt & Byrne, 1909 (broa ...

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, 1901 ** ''

Rhinochimaera africana The paddlenose chimaera or paddlenose spookfish (''Rhinochimaera africana'') is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near China, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by ...

'' Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert, 1990 (paddlenose chimaera) ** ''

Rhinochimaera atlantica The broadnose chimaera, knifenose chimaera, spearnose chimaera, or straightnose rabbitfish (''Rhinochimaera atlantica'') is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near Canada, Colombia, France, Gambia, Iceland, Mauritania, Mexico, ...

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& Byrne, 1909 (broadnose chimaera) ** ''

Rhinochimaera pacifica ''Rhinochimaera pacifica'', commonly known as the Pacific spookfish, knifenose chimaera, narrownose chimaera, Pacific long-nosed chimaera, or Pinocchiofish, is a species of chimaera in the family Rhinochimaeridae. It lives in various parts of the ...

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, 1895 (Pacific spookfish)

References

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* Cartilaginous fish families Extant Oligocene first appearances Taxa named by Samuel Garman {{Chondrichthyes-stub