The genus ''Eridacnis'', the ribbontail catsharks, is a small genus of fin-back catsharks in the family
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 ...
. It currently consists of the following species:
* ''
Eridacnis barbouri''
( Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as a shoemaker, wh ...
, 1944) (Cuban ribbontail catshark)
* ''
Eridacnis radcliffei''
H. M. Smith, 1913 (pygmy ribbontail catshark)
* ''
Eridacnis sinuans''
(J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1957) (African ribbontail catshark)
References
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Shark genera
Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith
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