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Triakidae (Houndsharks) > Galeorhininae
Etymology: Iago: Name of villain in Shakespeare’s Othello, because members of this genus have been a “troublemaker for systematists and hence a kind of villain” (See ETYFish); mangalorensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Mangalore, South India, type locality (See ETYFish).
Eponymy: The name of this genus derives from Iago, the villain in Shakespeare’s play Othello. The authors say that this genus is “a troublemaker for systematists and hence a kind of villain”. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino pelagic-oceanic; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 183 m (Ref. 114967). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to sw India.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.7 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 86812)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is characterized by the following: very slender body, unspotted and bronzy; head short, eyes large, gills large; small and low dorsal fins, origin of first dorsal over pectoral fin base; small pectoral fins; small ventral caudal fin lobe. Colour dark brown dorsally and lighter ventrally (Ref. 114967).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: angular.
Occurs in outer continental shelf and upper slope, semi-pelagic (Ref. 114967).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Cubelio, S.S., R. Remya and B.M. Kurup, 2011. A new species of Mustelus (Family: Triakidae) from Indian EEZ. Indian J. Geo-Mar. Sci. 40(1):28-31. (Ref. 86812)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
Rapporti speciali
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00437 (0.00187 - 0.01020), b=3.04 (2.84 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
4.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100). 🛈 |