Harriotta
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassHolocephali
- OrderChimaeriformes
- FamilyRhinochimaeridae
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- Parent taxon
- Rhinochimaeridae
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- Harriotta raleigh.JPG
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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.