Comoro catshark
Comoro catshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Scyliorhinus |
Species: | S. comoroensis
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Binomial name | |
Scyliorhinus comoroensis Compagno, 1988
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The Comoro catshark (Scyliorhinus comoroensis) is a rare catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The holotype and only specimen was taken from the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, at a depth of 400 m. The Comoro catshark is not well-documented. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ McCormack, C. (2009). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T161429A5421860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161429A5421860.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Scyliorhinus
- Fish of the Comoros
- Endemic fauna of the Comoros
- Fish described in 1988
- Shark stubs