Dwarf false catshark

Dwarf false catshark
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pseudotriakidae
Genus: Planonasus
Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013
Species: P. parini
Binomial name
Planonasus parini
Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013

The dwarf false catshark (Planonasus parini) is a species of ground shark, which lives in the Indian Ocean near Socotra. This species is the only known member of its genus, though the so-far undescribed pygmy false catshark from the Maldives may be closely related to this species.[1]

References

  1. Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2013): Planonasus parini n. g. and n. sp., a new genus and species of false cat sharks (Carchariniformes, Pseudotriakidae) from the deep northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Zootaxa, 3609 (2): 163–181.
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