Pseudotriakidae
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| Pseudotriakidae | |
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| False catshark (Pseudotriakis microdon) |
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| Slender smooth-hound (Gollum attenuatus) |
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| 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]
[edit] Genera and species
The family contains five known species, of which three have been described.[2]
- Gollum Compagno, 1973
- Gollum attenuatus (Garrick, 1954) (Slender smooth-hound)
- Gollum suluensis Last & Gaudiano, 2011 (Sulu gollumshark)
- Gollum sp. B (undescribed species) (Whitemarked gollumshark)
- Pseudotriakis Brito Capello, 1868
- Pseudotriakis microdon Brito Capello, 1868 (False catshark)
- Undescribed genus
- Pygmy false catshark (undescribed species)
[edit] References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Pseudotriakidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ^ Compagno, L.J.V., M. Dando and S. Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. Princeton University Press. pp. 257–260. ISBN 9780691120720.
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