Iago (shark)

Iago is a genus of houndsharks in the family Triakidae. The name comes from the villain in William Shakespeare´s Othello. 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

Three recognized extant species are in this genus:

• I. garricki <small>Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979</small> (longnose houndshark)
• Iago gopalakrishnani Bineesh, Beura & Akhilesh, 2025
• I. omanensis <small>Norman, 1939</small> (bigeye houndshark)

References

• Ramirez- Herrejon, JP. (2014). Long term changes in the fish fauna of Lago de Patzcuaro in Central Mexico. Retrieved from

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• 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.&nbsp;532–45, <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199812)252:4</nowiki><532::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-G.
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