Deepwater sicklefin houndshark

The deepwater sicklefin houndshark (Hemitriakis abdita) or the darksnout houndshark, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the western central Pacific, in the Coral Sea off Queensland and in the waters off New Caledonia.

Deepwater sicklefin houndshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Triakidae
Genus:	Hemitriakis
Species:	H. abdita
Binomial name
Hemitriakis abdita Compagno & Stevens, 1993

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