Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Harriotta Higher classification Rhinochimaeridae Order Chimaera | Family Rhinochimaeridae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Narrownose chimaera, Smallspine spookfish | ||
Chim re harriotta raleighana
Harriotta is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the Rhinochimaeridae family.
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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:
References
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