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The shark species "Banded houndshark"

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Banded houndshark
Banded houndshark
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North America South America Africa Australia Europe Asia Coming soon Coming soon
Banded houndshark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)
Family:
Houndsharks (Triakidae)
Genus:
Triakis
Names
Scientific:
Triakis scyllium
Synonym:
Triakis scyllia
English:
Banded houndshark
German:
Gebänderter Hundshai
French:
Virli coro
Spanish:
Tollo rayado
Vulnerability
Category: Endangered (EN)
Criteria: A2d
Last evaluated: 2021
Trend: Decreasing



© IUCN 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1.
https://www.iucnredlist.org. Status 2023.


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