Flapnose houndshark
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| Flapnose houndshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Scylliogaleus Boulenger, 1902 |
| Species: | S. quecketti |
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| Scylliogaleus quecketti Boulenger, 1902 | |
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The flapnose houndshark, Scylliogaleus quecketti, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Scylliogaleus, found from 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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