Pocket shark
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| Pocket shark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Dalatiidae |
| Genus: | Mollisquama Dolganov, 1984 |
| Species: | M. parini |
| Binomial name | |
| Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984 | |
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| Range of pocket shark (in blue) | |
The pocket shark, Mollisquama parini, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, the only member of the genus Mollisquama, found in deep water off Chile in the southeast Pacific Ocean.
The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile. The holotype, and only known specimen, was an adult female (40 cm total length (TL)), taken at a depth of 330 m. Nothing is known of its biology or threats in the area.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mollisquama parini" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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