| Brown catshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Bythaelurus |
| Species: | B. lutarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Bythaelurus lutarius (S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Halaelurus lutarius Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972 |
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The brown catshark or mud catshark, Bythaelurus lutarius, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family. It is found in Mozambique and Somalia. Its natural habitat is open seas of the western Indian Ocean from Mozambique and Somalia between latitudes 13° N and 29° S, at depths of between 340 and 765 m. It grows up to 34 centimetres (13 in) long.[2]