Harriotta
Harriotta is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae.
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.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Bigspine Spookfish
speciesHarriotta raleighana
Harriotta avia
speciesHarriotta avia
Harriotta chaetirhamphus
speciesHarriotta chaetirhamphus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88739.