Proscyllium venustum

Proscyllium venustum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Proscylliidae
Genus:	Proscyllium
Species:	P. venustum
Binomial name
	Proscyllium venustum; (S. Tanaka, 1912)

The spotted smooth dogfish (Proscyllium venustum) is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found in the temperate northwest Pacific Ocean, in the Okinawa Trough. Little else is known about this harmless oviparous species.

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Proscyllium venustum". FishBase. May 2006 version.

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