Holohalaelurus
Holohalaelurus is a genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as Izak catsharks or hallelujah sharks.
| Holohalaelurus | |
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| Izak catshark (H. regani) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Holohalaelurus Fowler, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Scylliorhinus regani Gilchrist, 1922 | |
| Species | |
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Member species of this genus are distributed in the western Indian Ocean off the coasts of various Southern African and East African countries, from Kenya to Namibia.
Species
- Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006 (honeycomb Izak)
- Holohalaelurus grennian Human, 2006 (grinning Izak)
- Holohalaelurus melanostigma (Norman, 1939) (crying Izak)
- Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914) (white-spotted Izak)
- Holohalaelurus regani (Gilchrist, 1922) (Izak catshark)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Holohalaelurus in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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