Bigeye houndshark
Species of shark
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The bigeye houndshark (Iago omanensis) is a species of houndshark, belonging to the family Triakidae.[2] It is described as brown or grey dorsally, with a lighter underside with darker tips on its dorsal and caudal fins.[3] It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelves in the western Indian Ocean,[4] from the Red Sea to southwestern India, between latitudes 30° N and 10° N, at depths between 110 and 2,200 m (360 and 7,220 ft). Its length can vary between males and females, males can be up to 37 cm (15 in), whilst females have been found as large as 58cm (23in).[5] Its diet mainly consists of bony fish and squid/cuttlefish[6]
| Bigeye houndshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Iago |
| Species: | I. omanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Iago omanensis (Norman, 1939) | |
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| Range of the bigeye houndshark | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eugaleus omanensis Norman, 1939 | |
