Harriotta
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Harriotta is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Rhinochimaeridae |
Genus: | Harriotta Goode & T. H. Bean, 1895 |
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The name honours Thomas Harriot (c.1560‒1621), English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator, who published the first English work on American natural history in 1588.[2]
Some common names for species in the genus include rabbitfish, spookfish and chimaera.