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Iago
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Iago

Iago is a genus of houndsharks in the family Triakidae. The name comes from the villain in William Shakespeare´s Othello.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Bigeye Houndshark

speciesIago omanensis

Longnose Houndshark

speciesIago garricki

Indian houndshark

speciesIago gopalakrishnani

Mangalore houndshark

speciesIago mangalorensis

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Iago in Corpus of Latin Medical Writers (Corpus Medicorum Latinorum), Vol. IV

Corpus of Latin Medical Writers (Corpus Medicorum Latinorum), Vol. IV

Various · 1927 · p.104

Iago in Hermann Schlegel — Monographie des toerako's (1860)

Hermann Schlegel — Monographie des toerako's (1860)

Hermann Schlegel · 1860 · p.123

Iago in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.534

Iago in François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)

François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)

François Bouchard · 1775 · p.119

Iago in Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)

Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)

Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.349

Iago in François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.422

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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 89046.