Springer's sawtail cat shark

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iSpringer's sawtail cat shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Galeus Species: G. springeri
Binomial name
Galeus springeri Konstantinou & Cozzi, 1998

The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m. Its length is up to 32 cm.

[edit] References

• "Galeus springeri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.