Harriotta
| Harriotta Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Harriotta raleighana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinochimaeridae |
| Genus: | Harriotta Goode & T. H. Bean, 1895 |
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.
Some common names for species in the genus include rabbitfish, spookfish and chimaera.