Cuban ribbontail catshark
| Cuban ribbontail catshark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Proscylliidae |
| Genus: | Eridacnis |
| Species: | E. barbouri |
| Binomial name | |
| Eridacnis barbouri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944) | |
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The Cuban ribbontail catshark, Eridacnis barbouri, is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found off western central Atlantic Ocean at depths of between 430 and 613 m. It can grow up to a length of 34 cm.
The Cuban ribbontail catshark is ovoviviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Eridacnis barbouri" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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