Slender smooth hound

The slender smooth-hound, Gollum attenuatus, is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, the only member of the genus Gollum, found off New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji and the east coast of Australia at depths from 120 to 660 m.

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Author: Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory

The Slender smooth hound lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 120 - 660 m , usually 400 - 600 m environment.

Nothing known about the Slender smooth hound

Common names

Gollum attenuatus in French (français)
Requin chat golloum in French (français)
Requin-chat golloum in French (français)
Slank finnerødhaj in Danish (dansk)
Slanke valse kathaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Slender smooth hound in English
slender smooth-hound in English
Slender smoothhound in English
Tollo coludo elegante in Spanish (español)
古林原鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
古林原鲨 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Carcharhiniformes
Family : Pseudotriakidae
Genus : Gollum
Species : Gollum attenuatus
Authority : Garrick, 1954

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Slender smooth hound (Gollum attenuatus)