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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Rhinochimaeridae Longnose chimaeras

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9 species

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Max. Length 44.5 cm TL
 
Harriotta avia
[Australasia narrow-nosed spookfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 95.1 cm TL
 
Harriotta chaetirhamphus
Photo by Garazo Fabregat, A.

Circumglobal.
Max. Length 120 cm OT
Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895
Photo by Garazo Fabregat, A.
 
Harriotta raleighana
[Pacific longnose chimaera]
Photo by Simpson, R.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 74.5 cm TL
Neoharriotta carri Bullis & Carpenter, 1966
Photo by Simpson, R.
 
Neoharriotta carri
Photo by Jawad, L.A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 130 cm TL
Neoharriotta pinnata (Schnakenbeck, 1931)
Photo by Jawad, L.A.
 
Neoharriotta pinnata
[Sicklefin chimaera]
No picture found

Max. Length 72.8 cm TL
 
Neoharriotta pumila
No picture found

Max. Length 81.8 cm TL
 
Rhinochimaera africana
[Paddlenose chimaera]
Photo by Dolgov, A.

Northwest to Northeast At
Max. Length 140 cm TL
Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909
Photo by Dolgov, A.
 
Rhinochimaera atlantica
[Straightnose rabbitfish]
Photo by Reyes, P.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 159 cm TL
Rhinochimaera pacifica (Mitsukuri, 1895)
Photo by Reyes, P.
 
Rhinochimaera pacifica
[Pacific spookfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Harriotta avia Australasia narrow-nosed spookfish Southwest Pacific 44.5 TL 2024
Harriotta chaetirhamphus Northwestern Pacific 95.1 TL 1909
Harriotta raleighana Pacific longnose chimaera Circumglobal. 120 OT 1895
Neoharriotta carri Western Central Atlantic 74.5 TL 1966
Neoharriotta pinnata Sicklefin chimaera Eastern Atlantic 130 TL 1931
Neoharriotta pumila Western Indian Ocean 72.8 TL 1996
Rhinochimaera africana Paddlenose chimaera Southeast Atlantic 81.8 TL 1990
Rhinochimaera atlantica Straightnose rabbitfish Northwest to Northeast At 140 TL 1909
Rhinochimaera pacifica Pacific spookfish Pacific Ocean 159 TL 1895



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