Squalus clarkae
| Genie's dogfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Squalus |
| Species: | S. clarkae
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| Binomial name | |
| Squalus clarkae Pfleger, Grubbs, Cotton & Daly-Engel, 2018
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Squalus clarkae, also known as the Genie's dogfish, is a species of shark from the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic. It was described in 2018 and named in honor of ichthyologist Eugenie Clark.[1][2]
References
- ^ PFLEGER, M. O.; GRUBBS, R. D.; COTTON, C. F.; DALY-ENGEL, T. S. (2018). "Squalus clarkae sp. nov., a new dogfish shark from the Northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex". Zootaxa. 4444 (2): 101–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4444.2.1.
- ^ "Newly discovered shark species honors female pioneer". Phys.org.
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