Harriotta is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae.[1]
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.
^"Harriotta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Harriotta raleighana" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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