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Cuban ribbontail catshark

Cuban ribbontail catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Proscylliidae
Genus: Eridacnis
Species:
E. barbouri
Binomial name
Eridacnis barbouri
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944)

The Cuban ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis barbouri), is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found off western central Atlantic Ocean at depths of between 430 and 613 m. It can grow up to a length of 34 cm.

The Cuban ribbontail catshark is ovoviviparous.

  1. ^ Kyne, P.M.; Briones Bell-lloch, A.; Herman, K. (2020). "Eridacnis barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161330A124466912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161330A124466912.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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