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Ribbontail Catsharks
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Ribbontail Catsharks

Eridacnis

The genus Eridacnis, the ribbontail catsharks, is a small genus of fin-back catsharks in the family Proscylliidae. It currently consists of the following species:

Eridacnis barbouri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944) (Cuban ribbontail catshark)

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Pygmy Ribbontail Catshark

speciesEridacnis radcliffei

Cuban Ribbontail Catshark

speciesEridacnis barbouri

African Ribbontail Catshark

speciesEridacnis sinuans

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88230.