African ribbontail catshark
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African ribbontail catshark
| African ribbontail catshark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Proscylliidae |
| Genus: | Eridacnis |
| Species: | E. sinuans |
| Binomial name | |
| Eridacnis sinuans (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) |
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The African ribbontail catshark, Eridacnis sinuans, is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found in the western Indian Ocean, from Tanzania, South Africa, and Mozambique, at depths of between 180 and 480 m. It reaches a length of 37 cm.
The African ribbontail catshark is ovoviviparous giving birth to two young per litter.
Coloration is grey-brown.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Eridacnis sinuans" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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