Deepwater sicklefin houndshark

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Deepwater sicklefin houndshark
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Hemitriakis
Species:
H. abdita
Binomial name
Hemitriakis abdita
Compagno & Stevens, 1993
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The deepwater sicklefin houndshark (Hemitriakis abdita) or the darksnout houndshark, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the western central Pacific, in the Coral Sea off Queensland and in the waters off New Caledonia.

References

  1. White, W.T. (2016). "Hemitriakis abdita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T41821A68625507. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41821A68625507.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.