Dwarf false catshark

Dwarf false catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Pseudotriakidae
Genus:	Planonasus; Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013
Species:	P. parini
Binomial name
	Planonasus parini; Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013

The dwarf false catshark (Planonasus parini) is a species of ground shark, which lives in the Indian Ocean near Socotra. This species is the only known member of its genus, though the so-far undescribed pygmy false catshark from the Maldives may be closely related to this species.^[1]

References

↑ Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2013): Planonasus parini n. g. and n. sp., a new genus and species of false cat sharks (Carchariniformes, Pseudotriakidae) from the deep northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Zootaxa, 3609 (2): 163–181.

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[1] Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2013): Planonasus parini n. g. and n. sp., a new genus and species of false cat sharks (Carchariniformes, Pseudotriakidae) from the deep northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Zootaxa, 3609 (2): 163–181.