Comoro catshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
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 metres (1,300 ft). The Comoro catshark is not well-documented. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
References
- McCormack, C. (2009). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T161429A5421860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161429A5421860.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis". FishBase. July 2006 version.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Scyliorhinus comoroensis |
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