Rhinochimaeridae

Rhinochimaeridae; Temporal range: Campanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Narrownose chimaera (Harriotta raleighana)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	Chimaeriformes
Family:	Rhinochimaeridae; Garman, 1901
Genera
	Harriotta; Neoharriotta; Rhinochimaera

The Rhinochimaeridae, commonly known as long-nosed chimaeras,

cartilaginous fish. They are similar in form and habits to other chimaeras, but have an exceptionally long conical or paddle-shaped snout.^[2] The snout has numerous sensory nerve endings, and is used to find food such as small fish.^[3] The first dorsal fin includes a mildly venomous spine, used in defense.^[4]

Long-nosed chimaeras are found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide, from 200 to 2,000 m (660 to 6,560 ft) in depth.[4] In August 2020, a long-nosed chimaera was brought up from 460 fathoms (2,760 ft; 840 m) off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.^[5]

They range from 60 to 140 cm (2.0 to 4.6 ft) in maximum total length, depending on species.

Species

The eight known species are in three genera:^[4]

Family Rhinochimaeridae

Genus Harriotta Goode & Bean, 1895
- Harriotta haeckeli
  Karrer, 1972 (smallspine spookfish)
- Harriotta raleighana
  Goode & Bean, 1895 (narrownose chimaera)

Harriotta raleighana

Genus Neoharriotta Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950
- Neoharriotta carri
  Bullis & J. S. Carpenter, 1966 (dwarf sicklefin chimaera)
- Neoharriotta pinnata
  Schnakenbeck, 1931 (sicklefin chimaera)
- Neoharriotta pumila
  Didier & Stehmann, 1996 (Arabian sicklefin chimaera)
Genus Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901
- Compagno
  , Stehmann & Ebert, 1990 (paddlenose chimaera)

Genus †Amylodon Storms, 1895 Late Cretaceous-Paleogene

References

^ McMillan, Elizabeth (2016-03-07). "Creepy deepwater fish surprises Nova Scotia fisherman". CBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-22.

OCLC 38468784
. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

ISBN 0-12-547665-5
.

^ ^a ^b ^c Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Rhinochimaeridae" in FishBase. January 2009 version.

^ White, Jen (2020-08-22). "What in the heck was that?': Fisherman shocked to haul in long-nosed chimaera". CBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-22.

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Rhinochimaeridae.

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Rhinochimaeridae" in FishBase. 2 2011 version.

Taxon identifiers
Rhinochimaeridae

Wikidata: Q730710

Wikispecies: Rhinochimaeridae

ADW: Rhinochimaeridae

AFD: Rhinochimaeridae

BOLD: 53089

CoL: FNW

EoL: 8905

GBIF: 2180

iNaturalist: 86044

IRMNG: 114842

ITIS: 161023

NBN: NHMSYS0000335670

NCBI: 134992

NZOR: b8143569-31ef-4101-a887-6e9ee532919a

Open Tree of Life: 194656

WoRMS: 105697

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[1] McMillan, Elizabeth (2016-03-07). "Creepy deepwater fish surprises Nova Scotia fisherman". CBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-22.

[McEachran_Fechhelm_1998-2] OCLC 38468784
. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[EoF-3] ISBN 0-12-547665-5
.

[FB-4] Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Rhinochimaeridae" in FishBase. January 2009 version.

[5] White, Jen (2020-08-22). "What in the heck was that?': Fisherman shocked to haul in long-nosed chimaera". CBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-22.

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