Iago (fish)
Iago is a genus of houndsharks in the family Triakidae.[1] The name comes from the villain in William Shakespeare´s Othello.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Iago L. J. V. Compagno & S. Springer, 1971 |
Species
Two recognized extant species are in this genus:
- I. garricki Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (longnose houndshark)
- I. omanensis Norman, 1939 (bigeye houndshark)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Iago in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- Ramirez- Herrejon, JP. (2014). Long term changes in the fish fauna of Lago de Patzcuaro in Central Mexico. Retrieved from
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