''Iago'' is a
genus
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of
houndshark
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s in the
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Triakidae.
The name comes from the villain in
William Shakespeare
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´s ''
Othello
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''. Also known as Iago omanensis is a small, placental viviparous shark that is found abundantly in the deep waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. It can be found at the depths of 150-1500 meters.
Species
Two recognized extant species are in this genus:
* ''
I. garricki''
Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (longnose houndshark)
* ''
I. omanensis''
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
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, 1939 (bigeye houndshark)
References
* Ramirez- Herrejon, JP. (2014). Long term changes in the fish fauna of Lago de Patzcuaro in Central Mexico. Retrieved from
webofknowledge.com
* Fishelson, Lev, and Avi Baranes. “Ocular Development in the Oman shark,Iago Omanensis (Triakidae), Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.” ''The Anatomical Record.'', vol. 256, no. 4, publisher not identified, 1999, pp. 389–402,
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19991201)256:4<389::AID-AR6>3.0.CO;2-L.
* Fishelson, Lev, and Avi Baranes. “Morphological and Cytological Ontogenesis of the Ampullae of Lorenzini and Lateral Line Canals in the Oman shark,Iago Omanensis Norman 1939 (Triakidae), from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.” ''The Anatomical Record.'', vol. 252, no. 4, publisher not identified, 1998, pp. 532–45,
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199812)252:4<532::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-G.
* Fishelson, L., et al. “Morphogenesis of the Salt Gland in the Viviparous Oman Shark, Iago Omanensis (Triakidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea).” ''Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.'', vol. 84, no. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 433–37,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009403h.
Shark genera
Taxa named by Leonard Compagno
Taxa named by Stewart Springer
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