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Eridacnis radcliffei Smith, 1913

Pygmy ribbontail catshark
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Common names: Pating
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, off Jolo Light, Sulu Archipelago, USNM 74604 (holotype of Eridacnis radcliffei, 23 cm TL, adult (pregnant) female). Taken in commercial bottom trawls but utilization unknown (Ref. 244). Also Ref. 280, 10004, 13566, 47737.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Alava, M.N.R., J.P.A. Gaudiano, J.A. Utzurrum, E.E.C. Capuli, M.T.R. Aquino, M.M.A. Luchavez-Maypa and M.D. Santos, 2014
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Common names from other countries

Requin chat pygmée, Tollo coludo pigmeo, قِرش قِطّ قزِميّ, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Proscylliidae (Finback catsharks)
Etymology: Eridacnis: Etymology not explained, possibly eri-, Greek intensive particle (i.e., very), and dakno (Gr.), bite, referring to “wide, angular” mouth of E. radcliffei. (See ETYFish);  radcliffei: In honor of ichthyologist-malacologist Lewis Radcliffe (1880-1950), scientific assistant of the U.S. Bureau ofFisheries and member of team that collected holytype from aboard the fisheries steamer Albatross. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Smith.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 71 - 766 m (Ref. 10004).   Deep-water; 22°N - 10°S

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