Barbeled houndshark
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Leptochariidae
Genus:	Leptocharias
Species:	L. smithii
Binomial name
Leptocharias smithii (Müller & Henle, 1839)

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The barbeled houndshark, Leptocharias smithii, the only member of the genus Leptocharias, which is in turn the only member of the family Leptochariidae, is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to Namibia at depths of between 10 and 75 m. It reaches a length of 77 cm (male) and 82 cm (female).

[edit] References

• "Leptocharias smithii". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

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