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Pseudotriakidae

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Pseudotriakidae
False catshark
(Pseudotriakis microdon)
Slender smooth-hound
(Gollum attenuatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Suborder: Carcharhinoidei
Family: Pseudotriakidae
T. N. Gill, 1893
Genera[1]

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The Pseudotriakidae are a small family of ground sharks, belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes, containing the false catsharks (genera Pseudotriakis and Planonasus) and gollumsharks (genus Gollum). It contains the only ground shark species that exhibit intrauterine oophagy, in which developing fetuses are nourished by eggs produced by their mother.[1]

Genera

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The Pseudotriakidae contains the following genera:[2]

Undescribed species

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One undescribed species is known - one in the genus Gollum, (Gollum sp. B) - the white-marked gollumshark.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Pseudotriakidae". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pseudotriakidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  3. ^ Compagno, L.J.V.; M. Dando & S. Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. Princeton University Press. pp. 257–260. ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0.
  4. ^ Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2013): Planonasus parini n. g. and n. sp., a new genus and species of false cat sharks (Carchariniformes, Pseudotriakidae) from the deep northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Zootaxa, 3609 (2): 163–181.