Iago (fish)

Iago is a genus of houndsharks in the family Triakidae.[1] The name comes from the villain in William Shakespeare´s Othello.

Iago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Iago
L. J. V. Compagno & S. Springer, 1971

Species

Two recognized extant species are in this genus:

  • [[Fish in Central Mexico have been affected due to water over-exploitation, habitat demoralization, pollution, and the exotic species being introduced into the ecosystem. The unfortunate thing about the environment in this section of Mexico is that most of the environmental changes are not usually documented.]]
gollark: I mean, at the extreme end, if you consume hangover-inducing quantities of alcohol then, say, 1 microliter per minute, you'd have a hangover.
gollark: Really? That seems implausible.
gollark: Do not consume alcohol, or you will have consumed alcohol.
gollark: You've doomed us all.
gollark: I don't understand how that is physically possible.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Iago in FishBase. April 2015 version.


[[Ramirez- Herrejon, JP. (2014). Long term changes in the fish fauna of Lago de Patzcuaro in Central Mexico. Retrieved from https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=25&SID=7BdIg8AQLi5uNk8VuJj&page=1&doc=3 ]]

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.