Sharks & rays
Pacific Longnose Chimaera
Harriotta raleighana
Also known as: Bentnose Chimaera, Bentnose Rabbitfish, Bigspine Spookfish, Longnose Chimaera, Longnose Spookfish, Long-nosed Chimaera, Narrownose Chimaera, Ratfish, Smallspine Spookfish, Spearnose Chimaera, Spookfish, Widenose Chimaera
ALSO KNOWN AS
- Bentnose Chimaera
- Bentnose Rabbitfish
- Bigspine Spookfish
- Longnose Chimaera
- Longnose Spookfish
- Long-nosed Chimaera
- Narrownose Chimaera
- Ratfish
- Smallspine Spookfish
- Spearnose Chimaera
- Spookfish
- Widenose Chimaera
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Overview
Found singly, close to the ocean floor, in very deep waters of the continental shelf.
Found worldwide in tropical to temperate waters of the oceans, living close to the bottom of the continental shelf. Usually caught as a by-catch in deep water trawling.
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How to identify
- Pattern
- lines
- Fins & Tail
- feather tail
- Head & Mouth
- long snout
- Behaviour
- bottom dwellingsolitary
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Circumtropical
- Country only · 1
LIVES IN
Found singly, close to the ocean floor, in very deep waters of the continental shelf.
RANGE
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Adult photos 1
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classHolocephali
- orderChimaeriformes
- familyRhinochimaeridae
- genusHarriotta
- speciesHarriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895
SourcesWoRMS
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More in the family
Chimaeriformes
