Neoharriotta pinnata
Neoharriotta pinnata (Schnakenbeck, 1931)
Sicklefin chimaera
Neoharriotta pinnata
photo by Jawad, L.A.

Family:  Rhinochimaeridae (Longnose chimaeras)
Max. size:  130 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 150 - 800 m
Distribution:  Eastern Atlantic: Cape Blanc, Mauritania to Walvis Bay, Namibia (Ref. 4444). Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (Ref. 45795) and India (Ref. 118627).
Diagnosis:  A longnose chimaera with a narrow, slightly flattened snout, and blunt-edged, ridged tooth plates; pectoral fins short and broad, anal fin large and curved, and caudal fin with no tubercles on upper edge but with a short terminal filament (Ref. 5578). Dark brown in color (Ref. 5578).
Biology:  Oviparous (Ref. 205). Lays spindle-shaped eggs (Ref. 5578). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 9773.
IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 02 September 2019 (A2d) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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