Holohalaelurus is a genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as Izak catsharks or hallelujah sharks.
Holohalaelurus | |
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Izak catshark (H. regani) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Holohalaelurus Fowler, 1934 |
Type species | |
Scylliorhinus regani Gilchrist, 1922
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Species | |
5, See text |
Member species of this genus are distributed in the western Indian Ocean off the coasts of various Southern African and East African countries, from Kenya to Namibia.
Species edit
- Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006 (honeycomb Izak)
- Holohalaelurus grennian Human, 2006 (grinning Izak)
- Holohalaelurus melanostigma (Norman, 1939) (crying Izak)
- Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914) (white-spotted Izak)
- Holohalaelurus regani (Gilchrist, 1922) (Izak catshark)
References edit
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Holohalaelurus in FishBase. February 2011 version.