Comoro cat shark

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

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The Comoro cat shark, Scyliorhinus comoroensis, is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, the holotype and only specimen taken from the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean at 400 m. The Comoro cat shark is not well documented. Reproduction is oviparous ^[2].

References

1. ^ "Scyliorhinus comoroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2007. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/161429. Retrieved February 2, 2010. 
2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Scyliorhinus comoroensis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.