Harlequin catshark

Harlequin catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Proscylliidae
Genus:	Ctenacis Compagno, 1973
Species:	C. fehlmanni
Binomial name
Ctenacis fehlmanni (S. Springer, 1968)
Range of the harlequin catshark

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The harlequin catshark (Ctenacis fehlmanni) is a species of finback catshark, family Proscylliidae, and the only member of the genus Ctenacis, found in the western Indian Ocean off Somalia at depths of between 70 and 170 m. Only the 46 cm holotype exists.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ctenacis fehlmanni" in FishBase. May 2006 version.