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Eridacnis barbouri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944)

Cuban ribbontail catshark
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Eridacnis barbouri
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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Proscylliidae (Finback catsharks)
Etymology: Eridacnis: Etymology not explained, possibly eri-, Greek intensive particle (i.e., very), and dakno (Gr.), bite, referring to “wide, angular” mouth of E. radcliffei. (See ETYFish);  barbouri: In honor of American herpetologist (and wealthy patron of science) Thomas Barbour (1884-1946), Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, for the “constant assistance” he gave the authors in their studies of western North Atlantic sharks. (See ETYFish).

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