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

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