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Pseudotriakidae

Pseudotriakidae
False catshark
(Pseudotriakis microdon)
Slender smooth-hound
(Gollum attenuatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Suborder: Carcharhinoidei
Family: Pseudotriakidae
T. N. Gill, 1893
Genera[1]

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The Pseudotriakidae are a small family of ground sharks, belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes, containing the false catsharks (genera Pseudotriakis and Planonasus) and gollumsharks (genus Gollum). It contains the only ground shark species that exhibit intrauterine oophagy, in which developing fetuses are nourished by eggs produced by their mother.[1]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Pseudotriakidae". FishBase. December 2012 version.

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