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Iago omanensis (Bigeye houndshark; Bigeye hound shark)

Synonyms: Eugaleus omanensis; Galeorhinus omanensis; Jago omanensis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bigeye houndshark (Iago omanensis) is a species of houndshark, belonging to the family Triakidae. It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelves in the western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to southwestern India, between latitudes 30° N and 10° N, at depths between 110 and 2,200 m. Its length is up to 37 cm.
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Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Eridacnis radcliffei (Pygmy ribbontail cat shark)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Coronocestus diamanti[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Food selection and habitat preferences in deep-sea fishes of the northern Red Sea, O. GOLDSHMIDT, B. GALIL, D. GOLANI, B. LAZAR, J. EREZ & A. BARANES, Uiblein, F., Ott, J., Stachowtisch, M. (Eds): Deep-sea and extreme shallow-water habitats: affinities and adaptations. - Biosystematics and Ecology Series 11:271-298.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3OBSERVATION ON THE FOOD OF DEEP SEA SHARKS HALAELURUS HISPIDUS (ALCOCK), ERIDACNIS RADCLIFFEI SMITH AND IAGO OMANENSIS COMPAGNO AND SPRINGER, R. V. NAIR AND K. K. APPUKOTTAN, Indian J. Fish. 20:575-583 (1973)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0