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Species in the family or subfamily Rhinochimaeridae: [ 14 ] records


africana, Rhinochimaera Compagno [L. J. V.], Stehmann [M. F. W.] & Ebert [D. A.] 1990:206, Figs. 2-5 [South African Journal of Marine Research v. 9; ref. 16634] Western Cape west of Doring Bay, South Africa, 31°59.8'S, 15°56.2'E, depth 850 meters. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27744 (not present in 1996). Paratypes: ISH 1-1990 [ex ZMMU P14393] (1), SAM 23123 (1), ZIN 48699 (1), ZMMU P-14392 (1). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:15 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert 1990 -- (Compagno et al. 1991:115 [ref. 21083], Last & Stevens 1994:483 [ref. 23873], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Didier & Nakaya 1999:146 [ref. 23884], Nakabo 2000:116 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:116 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:392 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:54 [ref. 28996], Ebert et al. 2013:372 [ref. 33045], Arturo et al. 2014:558 [ref. 33497], Walovich et al. 2015:163 [ref. 33924], Weigmann 2016:169 [ref. 34211], Fricke et al. 2018:7 [ref. 35805], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:31 [ref. 37302], Love et al. 2005:2 [ref. 37547], Ebert et al. 2021:105 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert 1990. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: South Africa; Indo-Pacific: South Africa, East Africa and Madagascar east to Costa Rica and Peru, north to Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

atlantica, Rhinochimaera Holt [E. W. L.] & Byrne [L. W.] 1909:279 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 3 (no. 15); ref. 14378] Irish Atlantic Slope off sw Ireland, 50°32'-50°28'N, 11°34'-11°28'W, depth 670-770 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1910.9.17.4. Species later illustrated and described in more detail by Holt & Byrne 1910:18, pls. 3, 4 (figs. 4-5) [ref. 21829]. •Valid as Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909 -- (Krefft 1973:80 [ref. 7166], Shirai in Amaoka et al. 1983:63, 172 [ref. 8379], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:218 [ref. 13675], Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:89 [ref. 14275], Scott & Scott 1988:64 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:26 [ref. 14674], Compagno et al. 1990:214 [ref. 16634], Krefft 1990:116 [ref. 19321], Compagno et al. 1991:116 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:101 [ref. 25472], Last & Stevens 1994:483 [ref. 23873], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:42 [ref. 23897], Didier & Nakaya 1999:139 [ref. 23884], Didier 2003:596 [ref. 26986], Moore et al. 2003:166 [ref. 27076], Møller et al. 2004:59 [ref. 27739], Møller et al. 2010:19 [ref. 31169], Luchetti et al. 2011:400 [ref. 31442], Walovich et al. 2015:163 [ref. 33914], Afonso et al. 2016:10, 265 [ref. 36199], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:51 [ref. 34398], Didier 2016:1451 [ref. 34546], Weigmann 2016:170 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:31 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37250], Ebert et al. 2021:105 [ref. 38234], Carvalho-Filho 2023:290 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:48 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41622], Leeney 2024:99 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean: Greenland, Iceland; western Atlantic: Canada south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico; northeastern Atlantic south to Morocco; southeastern Atlantic: Namibia and South Africa. Habitat: marine.

avia, Harriotta Finucci [B.], Didier [D.], Ebert [D. A.], Green [M. E.] & Kemper [J. M.] 2024:8, Figs. 3-7 [Environmental Biology of Fishes; ref. 41432] South Chtham Rise, New Zealand, 44°17'S, 178°24'E, depth 630 - 641 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P.061676. Paratypes: (11) AIM, BMNH, CAS, CSIRO, NSMT, NMNZ. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Harriotta avia Finucci, Didier, Ebert, Green & Kemper 2024. Current status: Valid as Harriotta avia Finucci, Didier, Ebert, Green & Kemper 2024. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Western to southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

carri, Neoharriotta Bullis [H. R., Jr.] & Carpenter [J. S.] 1966:443, Figs. 1-4, 5a [Copeia 1966 (no. 3); ref. 8012] Southern Caribbean Sea, 9°00'N, 81°23'W, Oregon station 3599, depth 250 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 188888. Paratypes: FMNH 66703-04 (1, 1); MCZ 47840 (1); Oregon station 4417 (1); CAS-SU 62402 (1), 62403 (1, egg case); USNM 188889-92 (1, 1, 1, 1 or 9). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:60 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Neoharriotta carri Bullis & Carpenter 1966 -- (Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Didier & Stehmann 1996:963 [ref. 22567], Didier 2003:596 [ref. 26986], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:139 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:169 [ref. 34211], Polanco-Vásquez et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35099], Ehemann et al. 2019:[5] [ref. 36861]). Current status: Valid as Neoharriotta carri Bullis & Carpenter 1966. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic (including Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.

chaetirhamphus, Anteliochimaera Tanaka [S.] 1909:7, Pl. 1 [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 27 (art. 8); ref. 4322] Off Okinose, Sagami Sea, Japan, depth 400 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 2155 (lost). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:213 [ref. 39648]. Species epithet is an indeclinable noun. •Synonym of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895 -- (Krefft 1973:80 [ref. 7166], Okamura & Machida 1986:24 [ref. 22278], Krefft 1990:115 [ref. 19321], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Shinohara et al. 2001:286 [ref. 25995], Didier & Rosenberger 2002:113 [ref. 26936]). •Valid as Harriotta chaetirhamphus (Tanaka 1909) -- (Nakayama et al. 2019:[1] [ref. 36856], Finucci et al. 2024:22 [ref. 41432] as chaetirhampha). Current status: Valid as Harriotta chaetirhamphus (Tanaka 1909). Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

curtissjamesi, Harriotta Townsend [C. H.] & Nichols [J. T.] 1925:6, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 52 (art. 1); ref. 4420] Off Baja California, western Mexico, 25°42'45"N, 113°38'30"W, depth 645 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 87552 [ex AMNH 8342]. Original as Curtiss-jamesi. •Synonym of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895 -- (Krefft 1973:80 [ref. 7166] as curtisjamesi, Krefft 1990:115 [ref. 19321] as curtisjamesi, Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713] as curtis-jamesi, Krupp & Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:797 [ref. 22829], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:51 [ref. 34398], Fricke et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895. Rhinochimaeridae. Habitat: marine.

haeckeli, Harriotta Karrer [C.] 1972:210, Fig. 3 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 7619] North Atlantic, 63°21'N, 57°00'W, depth 1970-2020 meters. Holotype: ZMB 22591. Paratypes: ZMB 22592 (1), ZMUB 3256 (1). Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:145 [ref. 21547], Paepke & Schmidt 1988:160 [ref. 21041]. •Valid as Harriotta haeckeli Karrer 1972 -- (Krefft 1990:114 [ref. 19321], Last & Stevens 1994:480 [ref. 23873], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Moore et al. 2003:166 [ref. 27076], Møller et al. 2004:55 [ref. 27739], Paxton et al. 2006:54 [ref. 28996], Gomon 2008:148 [ref. 30616], Møller et al. 2010:19 [ref. 31169], Kemper et al. 2014:2 [ref. 33599], Kemper et al. 2015:51 [ref. 34214], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:51 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:169 [ref. 34211], Didier 2016:1450 [ref. 34546], Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:32 [ref. 37302], González-Acosta et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38361]). •Synonym of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895 -- (Nakayama et al. 2019:[5] 86 [ref. 36856]). Current status: Synonym of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895. Rhinochimaeridae. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Callorhynchus Garman [S.] (ex Alcock) 1899:21 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] North of Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Islands, India, 13°47'30''N, 92°36'E, Investigator St. 112, Northeastern Indian Ocean, 561 fms (1026 m) depth. No types known. Based on egg capsule described and illustrated by Alcock 1891:21-22 (fig. 1) [ref. 87] as "Callorhynchus?, sp.". •Questionably valid as Harriotta indica (Garman 1899) -- (Dean 1906:30 [ref. 17390], Norman 1939:14 [ref. 6556]). •Uncertain in Rhinochimaeridae. Current status: Valid. Rhinochimaeridae. Habitat: marine.

opisthoptera, Harriotta Deng [S.-M.], Xiong [G.-Q.] & Zhan [H.-X.] 1983:67 (English p. 70), Fig. 3 [Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica v. 14 (no. 1); ref. 8354] East China Sea, 26°-31°N, 125°-128°E, depth 200-1000 meters. Holotype: ECSFI SH80D-0411. Paratypes: ECSFI SH80D-0326 (1), 0329 (1), 0391 (1), 0402 (1), 0404 (1), 0410 (1). •Synonym of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895 -- (Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713]). Current status: Synonym of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895. Rhinochimaeridae. Habitat: marine.

pacifica, Harriotta Mitsukuri [K.] 1895:97 [1], Pl. 16 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 7 (no. 80); ref. 5935] Tokyo fish market, originally from Kurihama, near Misaki, Sagami Sea, Japan. Syntypes: (2) ZUMT 1453 (1, lost), 1454 (1, lost). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:213 [ref. 39648]. On p. 1 of separate. •Valid as Rhinochimaera pacifica (Mitsukuri 1895) -- (Inada & Garrick 1979 [ref. 7002], Shirai in Amaoka et al. 1983:63, 172 [ref. 8379], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:17 [ref. 6441], Nakaya in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:77, 313 [ref. 8057], Paxton et al. 1989:101 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:19 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:32 [ref. 24556], Compagno et al. 1990:214 [ref. 16634], Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:95 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:192 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:482 [ref. 23873], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Shao & Hwang 1997:98 [ref. 25309], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:96 [ref. 24555], Didier & Nakaya 1999:141 [ref. 23884], Compagno 1999:1534 [ref. 24636], Nakabo 2000:116 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:15 [ref. 25650], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:286 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:116 [ref. 26001], Didier & Séret 2002:225 [ref. 26557], Shinohara et al. 2005:392 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:87 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:55 [ref. 28996], Gomon 2008:149 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2011:344 [ref. 31242], Ebert et al. 2013:372 [ref. 33045], Arturo et al. 2014:571 [ref. 33497], Parin et al. 2014:16 [ref. 33547], Kemper et al. 2014:2 [ref. 33599], Kemper et al. 2015:53 [ref. 34214], Dyldin 2015:79 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:139 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:169 [ref. 34211], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:60 [ref. 38158]). Current status: Valid as Rhinochimaera pacifica (Mitsukuri 1895). Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic; Indo-Pacific at disjunct localities: southern and western Australia, Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, Sakhalin (Russia), Hawaiian Islands, Peru. Habitat: marine.

pinnata, Harriotta Schnakenbeck [W.] 1931:40, Figs. 6-9 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg v. 44; ref. 16333] Walvis Bay, Namibia, southeastern Atlantic. Syntypes: (3) ZMH 10470 (now 1). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:410 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Neoharriotta pinnata (Schnakenbeck 1931) -- (Compagno 1986:146 [ref. 5648], Krefft 1990:115 [ref. 19321], Compagno et al. 1991:114 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:101 [ref. 25472], Didier & Stehmann 1996:963 [ref. 22567], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Ali et al. 2009:1 [ref. 30665], Walovich et al. 2015:163 [ref. 33924], Weigmann 2016:169 [ref. 34211], Didier 2016:1451 [ref. 34546], Polanco-Vásquez et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35099], Kumar et al. 2018:293 [ref. 36178], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:30 [ref. 37302], Reiner 2019:53 [ref. 38139], Psomadakis et al. 2020:218 [ref. 37272], Krajangdara et al. 2021:223 [ref. 38473], Kemper & Ebert 2022:636 [ref. 39661], Fermon et al. 2022:110 [ref. 39448], Leeney 2024:98 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Neoharriotta pinnata (Schnakenbeck 1931). Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), including São Tomé and Principe; Indian Ocean: Cape of God Hope (South Africa) and Oman east to Andaman Islands, Myanmar and off west coast of Thailand. Habitat: marine.

pumila, Neoharriotta Didier [D. A.] & Stehmann [M. F. W.] 1996:957, Figs. 2-3 [Copeia 1996 (no. 4); ref. 22567] Off Socotra Islands, 12°16'06"N, 53°08'02"E, R/V Vityaz station 2560, depth 375-380 meters. Holotype: ZMMU P-19427. Paratypes: AMNH 58794 (1); AMS I.34714-001 and 002 (1, 1); ANSP 172537-39 (2, 2, 1); BMNH 1994.5.26.1-2 (1); CSIRO H 3675-01 and -02 (1, 1); LACM 45858-1 (1); NMNHU 4010a-b (7); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 44254 (1); SAM 33164-65 (1, 1); USNM 306435 (1), 307264 (4), 331912 (2); ZIK 103748-54 (1 ea.); ZMH 25324 [ex ISH 1-1992] (1), 25164 [ex ISH 30-1989] (3), 25165 [ex ISH 31-1989] (3), 25166 [ex ISH 32-1989] (2); ZIN N 50561-62 (1, 1); ZMMU P-19428-30 (1, 3, 1); ZMUC P 0950 (1). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:14 [ref. 25714], Manilo 2021:28 [ref. 39358]. •Valid as Neoharriotta pumila Didier & Stehmann 1996 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Weigmann 2016:169 [ref. 34211], Polanco-Vásquez et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35099], Kemper & Ebert 2022:637 [ref. 39661]). Current status: Valid as Neoharriotta pumila Didier & Stehmann 1996. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia, Socotra (Yemen), ?southwestern India. Habitat: marine.

quraishii, Neoharriotta Ali-Khan [J.] & Hussain [S. M.] 1999:94, Figs. 1a-b [Pakistan Journal of Marine Biology (Marine Research) v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 33274] Northern Arabian Sea, off "El-Arar", Somalian coast, 4°58'N, 46°37'E [coordinates incorrect], sta. 374, 5th cruise, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, depth 338 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMH 25324. •Synonym of Neoharriotta pumila Didier & Stehmann 1996. Current status: Synonym of Neoharriotta pumila Didier & Stehmann 1996. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

raleighana, Harriotta Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1895:472, Pl. 19 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 17 (no. 1014); ref. 1846] Northwestern Atlantic, Gulf Stream, 39°37'45"N, 71°18'45"W, Albatross station 2210, 991 fathoms. Syntypes: USNM 35520 (1), 35631 (1), 38200 (1), 39415 (1). Lectotype may have been established in caption to Pl. 19, p. 3234 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] as USNM 35520, but the specimen is small and does not show characters sufficient to distinguish it from congeners; also the wording of the designation is not clear. •Valid as Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895 -- (Garrick 1971:204 [ref. 21288], Krefft 1973:80 [ref. 7166], Garrick & Inada 1975 [ref. 21294], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:17 [ref. 6441], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:217 [ref. 13675], Nakaya in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:77, 313 [ref. 8057], Compagno 1986:146 [ref. 5648], Okamura & Machida 1986:24 [ref. 22278], Scott & Scott 1988:61 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:100 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:32 [ref. 24556], Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:94 [ref. 16024], McAllister 1990:27 [ref. 14674], Krefft 1990:114 [ref. 19321], Compagno et al. 1991:114 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:101 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:191 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:481 [ref. 23873], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], Krupp & Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:797 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:96 [ref. 24555], Compagno 1999:1534 [ref. 24636], Nakabo 2000:115 [ref. 25086] as releighana, Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:115 [ref. 26001], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:166 [ref. 27076], Møller et al. 2004:55 [ref. 27739], Love et al. 2005:2 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:392 [ref. 28370], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:14 [ref. 28815], Paxton et al. 2006:54 [ref. 28996], Gomon 2008:148 [ref. 30616], Møller et al. 2010:19 [ref. 31169], Angulo et al. 2014:556 [ref. 33497], Kemper et al. 2014:2 [ref. 33599], Walovich et al. 2015:163 [ref. 33924], Kemper et al. 2015:52 [ref. 34214], Afonso et al. 2016:10, 165 [ref. 36199], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:51 [ref. 34398], Didier 2016:1450 [ref. 34546], Weigmann 2016:169 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Ebert et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35618], Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:32 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37250], Nakayama et al. 2019:[5] 86 [ref. 36856], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:248 [ref. 37881], Ebert et al. 2021:104 [ref. 38234], González-Acosta et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:12 [ref. 39279], Kemper & Ebert 2022:636 [ref. 39661], Carvalho-Filho 2023:290 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:48 [ref. 40505], Leeney 2024:97 [ref. 40985], Finucci et al. 2024:21 [ref. 41432], Fricke et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Circumglobal (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of California/Mexico). Habitat: marine.


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