Crying Izak

Crying Izak
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Holohalaelurus
Species:	H. melanostigma
Binomial name
Holohalaelurus melanostigma Norman, 1939
Range of the crying izak

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The crying Izak, Holohalaelurus melanostigma, is a very rare catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Indian Ocean off Mozambique and Tanzania, at depths of between 600 and 660 m. Its length is up to 38 cm.

See also

• List of sharks

References

• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2