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Scientific Name: Iago omanensis (Norman, 1939)
English Name: Bigeye houndshark
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: GBIF (Hamid Badar Osmany)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Description:
Snout is moderately long and broad. Mouth with short labial furrows, upper ones slightly longer than lower ones. Gill slits large, width of longest one almost equal to eye length. First dorsal fin small, its origin set forward, over pectoral fin bases. Second dorsal fin slightly smaller than first dorsal fin, but almost twice the size of anal fin. Caudal fin with small lower lobe. First and second dorsal fin margins often with darker margins.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Continental shelf and slope between
78–1 000 m or more; often in oxygen-poor water
masses. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 336 pp
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
