''Holohalaelurus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

catshark Catsharks are ground sharks of the family Scyliorhinidae. They are the largest family of sharks with around 160 species placed in 17 genera. Although they are generally known as catsharks, some species can also be called dogfish due to previous ...

in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as Izak catsharks or hallelujah sharks. Member species of this genus are distributed in the western

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

off the coasts of various

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number o ...

n and East African countries, from

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Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

Species

* '' Holohalaelurus favus''

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, 2006 (honeycomb Izak) * '' Holohalaelurus grennian''

, 2006 (grinning Izak) * '' Holohalaelurus melanostigma'' (

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, 1939) (crying Izak) * '' Holohalaelurus punctatus'' ( Gilchrist, 1914) (white-spotted Izak) * ''

Holohalaelurus regani The Izak catshark or simply Izak (''Holohalaelurus regani'') is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae, common off the coasts of South Africa and southern Namibia. It typically inhabits the outer continental shelf at dept ...

'' ( Gilchrist, 1922) (Izak catshark)

References

* Shark genera Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Shark-stub