November 6th, 2019

A new genus and species of catshark from eastern Indonesia

A new genus and species of catshark from eastern Indonesia

A new genus and species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from eastern Indonesia William T. White, Fahmi Fahmi, Simon Weigmann ABSTRACT: A new genus and species of catshark is described based on a single specimen collected off Ambon in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. Akheilos suwartanai belongs to the subfamily Schroederichthyinae which differs from the