Arabian catshark
Appearance
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Arabian catshark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Bythaelurus |
Species: | B. alcockii
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Binomial name | |
Bythaelurus alcockii (Garman, 1913)
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Synonyms | |
Halaelurus alcockii Garman, 1913 |
The Arabian catshark (Bythaelurus alcockii) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.[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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Bythaelurus alcockii" in FishBase. April 2015 version.