Sicklefin chimaera

The sicklefin chimaera (Neoharriotta pinnata) is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Western Sahara. It is also reported from Gulf of Mannar,[2][3] India. Its natural habitat is open seas.

Sicklefin chimaera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Rhinochimaeridae
Genus: Neoharriotta
Species:
N. pinnata
Binomial name
Neoharriotta pinnata
(Schnakenbeck, 1931)

References

  1. Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M.; Ebert, D.A.; Khan, M.; Bineesh, K.K.; Akhilesh, K.V. (2020). "Neoharriotta pinnata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60142A124444054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60142A124444054.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Arumugam, Murugan & Namboothri, Naveen. (2008). Finfishes of the Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve. A field identification guide – 545 species with color photographs, Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore (ISBN No: 978-81-8465-309-0), 224pp.
  3. Joshi, K K., Sreeram, Miriam Paul., Zacharia, P U., Abdussamad, E., Varghese, Molly., Habeeb, O., Jayabalan, Komathi., Kanthan, P., Kannan, K., Sreekumar, K., George, Gimy., Shaji, Varsha. (2016). Check list of fishes of the Gulf of Mannar Ecosystem, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 58. 34-54. 10.6024/jmbai.2016.58.1.1895-05.


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