| Flapnose Houndshark | |
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| Information | |
| Range | South Africa, in the Western Indian Ocean between latitudes 27° S and 33° S. |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Chondrichthyes |
| Order | Squaliformes |
| Family | Triakidae |
| Genus | Scylliogaleus |
| Species | S. quecketti |
| Conservation Status | |
 Vulnerable | |
The Flapnose houndshark, (Scylliogaleus quecketti), is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Scylliogaleus, found from subtropical South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 27° S and 33° S.
Description[]
This small gray shark gets it's name from it's very unusual sturgeon-like mouth that consists 2 small feeding flaps underneath the mouth.