Mollisquama

Mollisquama
American pocket shark ( Mollisquama mississippiensis ) specimen found in the Gulf of Mexico
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Dalatiidae
Genus:	Mollisquama Dolganov, 1984
Type species
Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984
Species
2, see text

Mollisquama is a genus of pocket sharks in the family Dalatiidae. There are two known species each only known from a single specimen; one found off the coast of Chile and the other found in the Gulf of Mexico. ^[1]

Species

There are currently two known species: ^{[1] [2]}

• Mollisquama mississippiensis Grace, Doosey, Denton, Naylor, Bart & Maisey, 2019
• Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984

References

1. Grace, Mark A.; Doosey, Michael H.; Denton, John S. S.; Naylor, Gavin J. P.; Bart, HENRY L. Jr; Maisey, John G. (2019-06-18). "A new Western North Atlantic Ocean kitefin shark (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico" . Zootaxa. 4619 (1): 109–120. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.4 . ISSN   1175-5334.
2. Katz, Brigit. "This New Shark Species Looks Like a Tiny Sperm Whale". Smithsonian. Retrieved 01 January 2021.