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Holohalaelurus
Sign in to saveHolohalaelurus is a genus of deepwater catshark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, commonly known as Izak catsharks or hallelujah sharks.
Species
Grinning Izak
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
- FamilyScyliorhinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations0
Observations recorded463
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Kenya
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pentanchidae
- Image
- Holohalaelurus regani.JPG
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- Holohalaelurus
- taxon name
- Holohalaelurus
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- Category:Holohalaelurus
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Holohalaelurus is a genus of deepwater catshark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, commonly known as Izak catsharks or hallelujah sharks.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holohalaelurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.