Longnose houndshark

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iLongnose houndshark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Iago
Species: I. garricki
Binomial name
Iago garricki
Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979

The longnose houndshark, Iago garricki, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae found in the western Pacific off northern Australia and Vanuatu between latitudes 9° S and 26° S, at depths of between 250 and 475 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.

The longnose houndshark is a little-known tropical shark found on the uppermost insular slopes, feeding on cephalopods. Reproduction is viviparous.

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