| Pseudotriakidae | |
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| False catshark (Pseudotriakis microdon) |
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| Slender smooth-hound (Gollum attenuatus) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pseudotriakidae T. N. Gill, 1893 (emended) |
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Pseudotriakidae is a small family of ground sharks, order Carcharhiniformes, containing the false catsharks and gollumsharks. It contains the only ground shark species that exhibit intrauterine oophagy, in which developing fetuses are nourished by eggs produced by their mother.[1]
The family contains five known species, of which three have been described.[2]
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