Comoro catshark

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

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| name = Comoro catshark

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = McCormack, C. | title = Scyliorhinus comoroensis | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2009 | page = e.T161429A5421860 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2009 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/161429/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161429A5421860.en | access-date = 27 December 2017| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Scyliorhinus

| species = comoroensis

| authority = Compagno, 1988

| range_map = Scyliorhinus comoroensis distmap.png

}}

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The Comoro catshark (Scyliorhinus comoroensis) is a rare catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The holotype and only specimen was taken from the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, at a depth of {{convert|400|m}}. The Comoro catshark is not well-documented. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.{{FishBase species | genus = Scyliorhinus | species = comoroensis | month = July | year = 2006}}

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Comoro catshark

Category:Fish of the Comoros

Category:Endemic fauna of the Comoros

Comoro catshark

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