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title: "Pygmy Ribbontail Catshark"
description: "Eridacnis radcliffei — Ryby. The pygmy ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis radcliffei) is a species of finback catshark, family Proscylliidae, distributed patchily in the western Indo-Pacific from Tanzania to the Philippines."
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last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pygmy Ribbontail Catshark

> Eridacnis radcliffei — Ryby. The pygmy ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis radcliffei) is a species of finback catshark, family Proscylliidae, distributed patchily in the western Indo-Pacific from Tanzania to the Philippines.

- Scientific name: *Eridacnis radcliffei*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2
- Wikidata: [Q499477](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499477)
- iNaturalist taxon: [100349](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100349)

## Names

- en: Pygmy Ribbontail Catshark
- de: Pygmäen-Bandschwanz-Katzenhai

## Summary

The pygmy ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis radcliffei) is a species of finback catshark, family Proscylliidae, distributed patchily in the western Indo-Pacific from Tanzania to the Philippines. It occurs around the edges of continental and insular shelves at a depth of 71–766 m (233–2,513 ft), typically on or near mud bottoms. One of the smallest living shark species, the pygmy ribbontail catshark grows to a maximum known length of 24 cm (9.4 in). It has a slender body with a low, ribbon-like tail fin, and is dark brown in color with blackish dorsal fin markings and tail bands. This shark feeds mainly on bony fishes…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_ribbontail_catshark

## Photo

![Pygmy Ribbontail Catshark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pygmy-ribbontail-catshark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugh McCormick Smith (1865-1941) · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eridacnis_radcliffei.jpg

## Machine access

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