Bristly catshark
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Bristly catshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Bythaelurus |
Species: | B. hispidus |
Binomial name | |
Bythaelurus hispidus (Alcock, 1891) | |
Synonyms | |
Halaelurus hispidus | |
The bristly catshark, Bythaelurus hispidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found from southeastern India and the Andaman Islands between latitudes 15° N and 5° N, at depths of between 200 and 300 m. Its length is up to 29 cm.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Bythaelurus hispidus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- White, W.T. 2004. Bythaelurus hispidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
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