Comoro catshark

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Comoro catshark

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Scyliorhinus
Species:
S. comoroensis
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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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