Harriotta avia

Finucci, Didier, Ebert, Green, & Kemper, 2024



Classification: Holocephali Chimaeriformes Rhinochimaeridae

Reference of the original description
Finucci, B. & Didier, D. & Ebert, D.A. & Green, M.E. & Kemper, J.M. (2024)
Harriotta avia sp. nov. – a new rhinochimaerid (Chimaeriformes: Rhinochimaeridae) described from the Southwest Pacific. Environmental Biology of Fishes, in press


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Citation: Harriotta avia Finucci, Didier, Ebert, Green, & Kemper, 2024: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2024

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Harriotta avia Finucci, Didier, Ebert, Green, & Kemper, 2024, NMNZ P.061676, holotype, male, 296 mm BDL, from Chatham Rise, New Zealand, 630–641 m, fresh © C. Struthers, NMNZ (Te Papa)
Common names
eng Australasia Narrow-nosed Spookfsh

Short Description
Original diagnosis of Finucci, Didier, Ebert, Green, & Kemper, 2024 [33418]: Harriotta avia sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: elongated, narrow and depressed snout up to 56% BDL; long, slender trunk; beak-like vomerine tooth plate; large eye, length 8–12% BDL and height 5–7% BDL; long dorsal spine reaching slightly beyond apex of the dorsal fn; slender rod-like pelvic claspers. Deciduous skin; uniform chocolate brown when skin intact.

Distribution
New Zealand-Australia region [33418]

Size / Weight / Age
TL (max, female/male): 445mm, BDL 1075mm TL/334mm, BDL 957mm TL; [33418]

Habitat
marine; depth range: 260–1278 m (mostly 400–1000m) [33418]

Dentition
Upper anterior tooth plates (vomerine tooth plates) broad, incisor-like with 9 (8–11) tritor rods visible (sometimes very weakly defned); posterior upper tooth plates (palatine) with a longitudinal groove along its medial margin and an ovoid swollen area centrally, 3 (up to 6) prominent weak tritor rods on anterior margins; lower tooth plates (mandibular) incisor-like with 3 (about 4) tritor rods visible at the beak like tip, and 6 (6 or more) tritor rods visible posteriorly; pale greyish in colour [33418]

Remarks
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