Eridacnis
Eridacnis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Proscylliidae |
Genus: | Eridacnis H. M. Smith, 1913 |
The genus Eridacnis, the ribbontail catsharks, is a small genus of fin-back catsharks in the family Proscylliidae. It currently consists of the following species:
- Eridacnis barbouri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944) (Cuban ribbontail catshark)
- Eridacnis radcliffei H. M. Smith, 1913 (pygmy ribbontail catshark)
- Eridacnis sinuans (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) (African ribbontail catshark)
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Eridacnis in FishBase. February 2011 version.
Categories:
- Eridacnis
- Shark genera
- Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith
- Shark stubs