Narrownose chimaera
| Narrownose chimaera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinochimaeridae |
| Genus: | Harriotta |
| Species: | H. raleighana
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| Harriotta raleighana Goode & T. H. Bean, 1895
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The narrownose chimaera (Harriotta raleighana) is a longnose chimaera of the family Rhinochimaeridae.[2] This species is found in temperate seas worldwide, at depths between 200 and 2,600 m.[2] Its length is between 1.0 and 1.5 m, including a long, tapering snout and a long, filamentous tail.[3]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1895.[4]
Conservation status
The IUCN has classified this species as being of least concern.[1] In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the narrownose chimaera as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]
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Illustration from paper giving the original description -
Harriotta raleighana in the Gulf of Mexico in 2012
References
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- ^ a b Dagit, D.D.; Walls, R.H.L.; Buscher, E. (19 February 2015). "Harriotta raleighana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ a b Torres, Armi G.; Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G. "Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895 Pacific longnose chimaera". Fishbase. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Laura Gegel (2016-03-22). "Freaky winged fish with glowing green eyes mystifies fishermen". CBS News. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ Goode, G. Brown; Bean, Tarleton H. (1895). "Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXX. On Harriotta, a new type of chimaeroid fish from the deeper waters of the northwestern Atlantic". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17: 471–473 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 10. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.