Flapnose houndshark

Taxobox
name = Flapnose houndshark
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
trend =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
genus = "Scylliogaleus"
genus_authority = Boulenger, 1902
species = "S. quecketti"
binomial = "Scylliogaleus quecketti"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1902The flapnose houndshark, "Scylliogaleus quecketti", is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus "Scylliogaleus", found from the surf line to close offshore from subtropical South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 27° S and 33° S. Its length is up to 1 m.

The flapnose houndshark is a blunt-nosed houndshark with large, fused nasal flaps, and small, blunt, pebble-like teeth. The second dorsal fin is as large as the first. It feeds mainly on crustaceans (including lobsters), and also squid. It is caught by rock and surf anglers.

Coloration is grey above, cream below - newborn have white rear edges on the dorsal, anal and caudal fins.

Reproduction is viviparous.

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