Flapnose houndshark
| Flapnose houndshark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Scylliogaleus Boulenger, 1902 |
| Species: | S. quecketti |
| Binomial name | |
| Scylliogaleus quecketti Boulenger, 1902 | |
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The flapnose houndshark, Scylliogaleus quecketti, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus Scylliogaleus. It is found in the waters off subtropical South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 27° S and 33° S.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Scylliogaleus quecketti" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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