Species: Harriotta raleighana, Bigspine Spookfish, Longnose Chimaera, Narrownose Chimaera

Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895

Longnose Chimaera, Bigspine Spookfish, Narrownose Chimaera

Body compressed, elongate, tapering to a filamentous tail; head very large, top profile convex; snout very long, elongate, spear-like, wide at base, tapering to a fine point, tip curved up; eyes large, bright green; nostrils large, before mouth, connected to outer corner of mouth by a deep groove covered with a flap; mouth under head, slightly before eyes; teeth are large, rough external plates, 2 pairs above, 1 pair below; gill opening before pectoral, covered by fleshy operculum; 2 separate dorsal fins; 1st dorsal fin large, triangular, erect, with a long spine at front, spine straight, equal to or longer than dorsal fin height; 2nd dorsal fin low, long based, relatively even height; anal fin absent; pectoral fins broad, triangular, large, reach past 2nd dorsal origin; pelvic fins broad, triangular; tail fin elongate, oval, lower lobe a little larger than upper lobe, with a short whip-like rear filament, top lobe of fin without tubercles; lateral line canals well developed, on head and body noticeably open; skin smooth, no scales; males external sex organslarge, stick-like, with fleshy, toothed tip.

Color: uniform dark blackish brown.

Reaches about 120 cm.

Depth range: 350-3100 m, larger fish deeper.

Benthopelagic over soft and hard bottoms.

Circumglobal, patchily distributed; the northwest Atlantic south to the Carolinas; the Gulf of Mexico