Arabian catshark

Arabian catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Bythaelurus
Species:
B. alcockii
Binomial name
Bythaelurus alcockii
(Garman, 1913)
Synonyms

Halaelurus alcockii Garman, 1913

The Arabian catshark (Bythaelurus alcockii) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.[2] It can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long,[3] and lives in open seas. It is only known from a single specimen, now lost, which was found on the continental slope of the Arabian Sea.

References

  1. ^ White, W.T.; Ebert, D.A.; Grandcourt, E.; Khan, M.; Akhilesh, K.V. (2017). "Bythaelurus alcockii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44227A109895118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44227A109895118.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ebert, D.A. & Clerkin, P.J. (2015). "A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 53–63.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bythaelurus alcockii". FishBase. April 2015 version.


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