Narrownose chimaera | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Rhinochimaeridae |
Genus: | Harriotta |
Species: | H. raleighana |
Binomial name | |
Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895 |
The narrownose chimaera, Harriotta raleighana, is a longnose chimaera of the family Rhinochimaeridae, found in temperate seas worldwide, at depths of between 200 and 2,600 m. Its length is between 1 and 1.5 m, including a long tapering snout and a long filamentous tail.