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Cuban ribbontail catshark

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Cuban ribbontail catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Proscylliidae
Genus: Eridacnis
Species:
E. barbouri
Binomial name
Eridacnis barbouri
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944)

The Cuban ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis barbouri), is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found off western central Atlantic Ocean at depths of between 430 and 613 m. It can grow up to a length of 34 cm.

The Cuban ribbontail catshark is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Ormond, C.G.A. & Burgess, G.H. 2009. Eridacnis barbouri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161330A5399669. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161330A5399669.en. Downloaded on 06 September 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Eridacnis barbouri". FishBase. May 2006 version.