Iago

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Triakidae
Genus: Iago
Species: †I. angustidens – †I. carlaluisai – I. garricki - I. omanensis

Name

Iago Compagno & Springer, 1971

Type species: Eugaleus omanensis Norman, 1939

Etymology: The name comes from the villain in William Shakespeare´s Othello.
References

Compagno, L.J.V. & Springer, S. 1971. Iago, a new genus of carcharhinid sharks, with a redescription of I. omanensis. Fishery Bulletin 69(3): 615–626, 6 fig. Reference page.

Iago is a genus of houndsharks in the family Triakidae.[1] The name comes from the villain in William Shakespeare´s Othello. Also known as Iago omanensis is a small, placental viviparous shark that is found abundantly in the deep waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. It can be found at the depths of 150-1500 meters.
Species

Two recognized extant species are in this genus:

I. garricki Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (longnose houndshark)
I. omanensis Norman, 1939 (bigeye houndshark)

References

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

webofknowledge.com

Fishelson, Lev, and Avi Baranes. “Ocular Development in the Oman shark,Iago Omanensis (Triakidae), Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.” The Anatomical Record., vol. 256, no. 4, publisher not identified, 1999, pp. 389–402, https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19991201)256:4<389::AID-AR6>3.0.CO;2-L.
Fishelson, Lev, and Avi Baranes. “Morphological and Cytological Ontogenesis of the Ampullae of Lorenzini and Lateral Line Canals in the Oman shark,Iago Omanensis Norman 1939 (Triakidae), from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.” The Anatomical Record., vol. 252, no. 4, publisher not identified, 1998, pp. 532–45, https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199812)252:4<532::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-G.
Fishelson, L., et al. “Morphogenesis of the Salt Gland in the Viviparous Oman Shark, Iago Omanensis (Triakidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea).” Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom., vol. 84, no. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 433–37, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009403h.