New Zealand catshark

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New Zealand catshark
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Data deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Halaelurus Species: H. dawsoni
Binomial name
Halaelurus dawsoni Springer, 1971

The New Zealand catshark, Halaelurus dawsoni, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in deep water around New Zealand. Its length is up to 45 cm.

The New Zealand catshark is a small little-known deepwater bottom shark. It is dark brown above with a few widely spaced pale spots, and white below. It feeds on bottom-living crustaceans.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] References

• "Halaelurus dawsoni". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.