Longnose houndshark

Taxobox
name = Longnose houndshark
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
genus = "Iago"
species = "I. garricki"
binomial = "Iago garricki"
binomial_authority = Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979

The longnose houndshark, "Iago garricki", is a hound shark of the family Triakidae found in the western Pacific off northern Australia and Vanuatu between latitudes 9° S and 26° S, at depths of between 250 and 475 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.

The longnose houndshark is a little-known tropical shark found on the uppermost insular slopes, feeding on cephalopods. Reproduction is viviparous.

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