Smallspine spookfish | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Rhinochimaeridae |
Genus: | Harriotta |
Species: | H. haeckeli |
Binomial name | |
Harriotta haeckeli Karrer, 1972 |
The smallspine spookfish (Harriotta haeckeli) is a species of fish in the Rhinochimaeridae family. It is found in Greenland, New Zealand, Spain, and possibly the United States. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.