Proscyllium venustum

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Proscyllium venustum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Proscylliidae Genus: Proscyllium Species: P. venustum
Binomial name
Proscyllium venustum (Tanaka, 1912)

Proscyllium venustum is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found in the temperate northwest Pacific Ocean, in the Okinawa Trough. Little else is known about this harmless oviparous species.

[edit] References

• "Proscyllium venustum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.