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The shark species "Eastern dwarf false catshark"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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Eastern dwarf false catshark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)
Family:
Finback catsharks (Proscylliidae)
Genus:
Planonasus
Names
Scientific:
Planonasus indicus
English:
Eastern dwarf false catshark
German:
Östlicher falscher Zwergkatzenhai
Vulnerability
Category: Data Deficient (DD)
Criteria: -
Last evaluated: 2020
Trend: Unknown




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