Sulu gollumshark
The Sulu gollumshark (Gollum suluensis) is a species of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae, found off Palawan Island in the southern Philippines.[1] This recently discovered species was discovered at a fish market in Palawan during a project lead by the World Wildlife Fund during the 1990s to investigate elasmobranch biodiversity in the area.
| Sulu gollumshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pseudotriakidae |
| Genus: | Gollum |
| Species: | G. suluensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gollum suluensis Last & Gaudiano, 2011 | |
The Sulu gollumshark derives it’s named from the Sulu Sea in the Philippines.[2] They can grow to sizes of 58.5 cm (1.9 ft) in length, and feature darker coloration and a wider head relative to the closely-related slender smooth-hound, another species of gollumshark.[3]
References
- "Gollum suluensis Last & Gaudiano, 2011".
- https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3002.1.2/0
- Last-1, Guadiano-2, Peter-1, Joe-2 (2011-08-24). "Gollum suluensis sp. nov. (Carcharhiniformes: Pseudotriakidae), a new gollum-shark from the southern Philippines". Biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
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