Harlequin catshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Proscylliidae |
Genus: | Ctenacis Compagno, 1973 |
Species: | C. fehlmanni |
Binomial name | |
Ctenacis fehlmanni (S. Springer, 1968) |
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Range of the harlequin catshark |
The harlequin catshark (Ctenacis fehlmanni) is a species of finback catshark, family Proscylliidae, and the only member of the genus Ctenacis, found in the western Indian Ocean off Somalia at depths of between 70 and 170 m. Only the 46 cm holotype exists.
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