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Family: Pseudotriakidae False catsharks



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4 species (see list below)

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Photo by Duffy, C.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 109.2 cm TL
Gollum attenuatus (Garrick, 1954)

Photo by Duffy, C.
 
Gollum attenuatus
[Slender smooth-hound]

Photo by Last, P.R./Gaudiano, J.P.

Known only from off Palaw
Max. Length 58.5 cm SL
Gollum suluensis Last & Gaudiano, 2011

Photo by Last, P.R./Gaudiano, J.P.
 
Gollum suluensis
[Sulu Gollumshark]

Photo by Weigmann, S.

Northwestern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 53.4 cm TL
Planonasus parini Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013

Photo by Weigmann, S.
 
Planonasus parini
[Dwarf False Catshark]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 295 cm TL
Pseudotriakis microdon de Brito Capello, 1868

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Pseudotriakis microdon
[False catshark]
4 Species of Family Pseudotriakidae
(False catsharks)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1954 Gollum attenuatus Slender smooth-hound Southwest Pacific 109.2 TL
2011 Gollum suluensis Sulu Gollumshark Known only from off Palaw 58.5 SL
2013 Planonasus parini Dwarf False Catshark Northwestern Indian Ocean 53.4 TL
1868 Pseudotriakis microdon False catshark Western Atlantic 295 TL



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