The deepwater sicklefin houndshark (''Hemitriakis abdita'') or the darksnout houndshark, is a houndshark of the

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Triakidae. It is found in the western central Pacific, in the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...

off

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and in the waters off

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Fishes of Australia : ''Hemitriakis abdita''
deepwater sicklefin houndshark Fauna of Queensland Fish of New Caledonia deepwater sicklefin houndshark {{shark-stub