Bythaelurus
| Bythaelurus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Bythaelurus canescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Bythaelurus L. J. V. Compagno, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Scyllium canescens Günther 1878 | |
Bythaelurus is a genus of deep-water catshark and part of the family Scyliorhinidae.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Bythaelurus alcockii (Garman, 1913) (Arabian catshark) [1]
- Bythaelurus canescens (Günther, 1878) (Dusky catshark)
- Bythaelurus clevai (Séret, 1987) (Broadhead catshark)
- Bythaelurus dawsoni (S. Springer, 1971) (New Zealand catshark)
- Bythaelurus giddingsi J. E. McCosker, Long & C. C. Baldwin, 2012 (Galápagos catshark)
- Bythaelurus hispidus (Alcock, 1891) (Bristly catshark)
- Bythaelurus immaculatus (Y. T. Chu & Q. W. Meng, 1982) (Spotless catshark)
- Bythaelurus incanus Last & J. D. Stevens, 2008 (Sombre catshark)
- Bythaelurus lutarius (S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972) (Mud catshark)
- Bythaelurus naylori Ebert & Clerkin, 2015 (Dusky snout catshark) [1]
- Bythaelurus tenuicephalus Kaschner, Weigmann & Thiel, 2015 (Narrowhead catshark) [2]
References
- 1 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.
- ↑ Kaschner C.J., Weigmann S., Thiel R. (2015). "Bythaelurus tenuicephalus n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean". Zootaxa 4013 (1): 120–138. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.9.
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