Comoro catshark
| Comoro catshark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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
- ↑ C. McCormack (2007). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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