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Galeus eastmani (Jordan & Snyder, 1904)

Gecko catshark
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: Cá Nhám đuôi gai
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P. and H.L. Tran, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Outside distributional range (Ref. 127969). Reported from the Gulf of Tonkin (Ref. 9705). Possibly occurring in Viet Nam (Ref. 11146). Also Ref. 244.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ebert, D.A., S. Fowler and M. Dando, 2021
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chien gecko, Pintarroja salamanquesa, قِرش قِطّ جِكُو, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Galeus: galeos, a small shark or dogfish according to Aristotle and others. (See ETYFish);  eastmani: Patronym not identified, probably in honor of American geologist and paleontologist Charles Rochester Eastman (1868-1918), a specialist in fossil fishes. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Jordan & Snyder.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal.   Deep-water; 34°N -

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