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Narrownose chimaera

Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895
Name authority
Goode & Bean, 1895
Common name
Narrownose chimaera
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Holocephali
Order
Chimaeriformes
Family
Rhinochimaeridae
Genus
Harriotta
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumChondrichthyes
  7. classHolocephali
  8. orderChimaeriformes
  9. familyRhinochimaeridae Garman, 1901
  10. genusHarriotta Goode & Bean, 1895
  11. speciesHarriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 6 records assigned to Rhinochimaeridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Hariotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895 Goode & Bean, 1895synonym
Harriotta haeckeli Karrer, 1972 Karrer, 1972synonym
Harriotta opisthoptera Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983 Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983synonym
Harriotta curtissjamesi Townsend & Nichols, 1925 Townsend & Nichols, 1925synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Goode, G. B., & Bean, T. H. (1895). On Harriotta, a new type of chimaeroid fish from the deeper waters of the northwestern Atlantic. In: Scientific results of exploration by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 17 (no. 1014): 471–473, Pl. 19. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.17-1014.471 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6LFS7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.