Sulu gollumshark

The Sulu gollumshark (Gollum suluensis) is a species of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae, found off Palawan Island in the southern Philippines.[1] This recently discovered species was discovered at a fish market in Palawan during a project lead by the World Wildlife Fund during the 1990s to investigate elasmobranch biodiversity in the area.

Sulu gollumshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pseudotriakidae
Genus: Gollum
Species:
G. suluensis
Binomial name
Gollum suluensis
Last & Gaudiano, 2011

The Sulu gollumshark derives it’s named from the Sulu Sea in the Philippines.[2] They can grow to sizes of 58.5 cm (1.9 ft) in length, and feature darker coloration and a wider head relative to the closely related slender smooth-hound, another species of gollumshark.[3]

References

  1. "Gollum suluensis Last & Gaudiano, 2011".
  2. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3002.1.2/0
  3. Last-1, Guadiano-2, Peter-1, Joe-2 (2011-08-24). "Gollum suluensis sp. nov. (Carcharhiniformes: Pseudotriakidae), a new gollum-shark from the southern Philippines". Biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2023-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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