Mouse catshark

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Mouse catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Galeus
Species: G. murinus
Binomial name
Galeus murinus
(Collett, 1904)


The mouse catshark, Galeus murinus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from Iceland and the Faroe Islands, at depths of between 475 and 1,200 m. Its length is up to 63 cm.

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