Proscyllium venustum
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.
| Proscyllium venustum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Proscylliidae |
| Genus: | Proscyllium |
| Species: | P. venustum |
| Binomial name | |
| Proscyllium venustum (S. Tanaka, 1912) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Proscyllium venustum" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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