The Cuban ribbontail catshark (''Eridacnis barbouri''), is a

finback catshark The finback catsharks are a small family, the Proscylliidae, of ground sharks. They can be found in warm seas worldwide and are often the most numerous and common shark in tropical regions. They are generally less than 1 m in length, and are slow ...

of the

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Proscylliidae The finback catsharks are a small family (biology), family, the Proscylliidae, of Carcharhiniformes, ground sharks. They can be found in warm seas worldwide and are often the most numerous and common shark in tropical regions. They are generally ...

, found off western central

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at depths of between 430 and 613 m. It can grow up to a length of 34 cm. The Cuban ribbontail catshark is

ovoviviparous Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparity, oviparous and live-bearing viviparity, viviparous reproduction. Ovoviviparous animals possess embryos that develo ...

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuban Ribbontail Catshark Eridacnis Ovoviviparous fish Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow Taxa named by William Charles Schroeder Fish described in 1944 Fish of Cuba