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Iago

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes
Familia: Triakidae
Genus: Iago
Species: I. garricki - I. omanensis -

Iago is a genus of houndshark in the family Triakidae.

The name comes from the villain in Shakespeare´s Othello.

Species

* Longnose houndshark, Iago garricki Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979
* Bigeye houndshark, Iago omanensis (Norman, 1939)
* Lowfin houndshark, Iago Sp.A Not yet described


References

* Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Iago in FishBase. July 2006 version.
* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2

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