Deepwater sicklefin houndshark

Deepwater sicklefin houndshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Hemitriakis
Species: H. abdita
Binomial name
Hemitriakis abdita
Compagno & Stevens, 1993

The deepwater sicklefin houndshark, Hemitriakis abdita, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the western central Pacific, in the Coral Sea off Queensland, Australia, and in the waters off New Caledonia.

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