Harriotta raleighana (Narrownose chimaera)

Goode & Bean, 1895

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Harriotta raleighana (Narrownose chimaera) [Illustration by Ann Hecht ©]

Identification

A dark-brown or blackish longnose chimaera with a narrow, slightly flattened snout, blunt-edged ridged tooth plates, short, broad pectoral fins, no anal fin, and a caudal fin without tubercles on its upper edge and a long terminal filament.

Size

To about 1 m TL.

Range

West coast, off Lu"deritz, Namibia south to off Doring Bay; widespread in the Atlantic and Pacific.

Habitat

Deep water of the upper slope, on or near the bottom in 850 to 1100 m. Uncommon in the area, more wanted.

Biology

Unknown.

Human Impact

Not utilized.

Text by Leonard J.V. Compagno, David A. Ebert and Malcolm J. Smale