Comoro catshark

Comoro catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Scyliorhinus
Species:	S. comoroensis
Binomial name
Scyliorhinus comoroensis Compagno, 1988

The Comoro catshark (Scyliorhinus comoroensis) is a rare catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The holotype and only specimen was taken from the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, at a depth of 400 metres (1,300 ft). The Comoro catshark is not well-documented. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.[2]

References

1. McCormack, C. (2009). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T161429A5421860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161429A5421860.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis". FishBase. July 2006 version.