Bythaelurus

Bythaelurus is a genus of deep-water catshark and part of the family Scyliorhinidae.

Bythaelurus
Dusky catshark (Bythaelurus canescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Bythaelurus
L. J. V. Compagno, 1988
Type species
Scyllium canescens
Günther 1878

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

  • Bythaelurus alcockii (Garman, 1913) (Arabian catshark) [1]
  • Bythaelurus canescens (Günther, 1878) (Dusky catshark)
  • Bythaelurus clevai (Séret, 1987) (Broadhead catshark)
  • Bythaelurus dawsoni (S. Springer, 1971) (New Zealand catshark)
  • Bythaelurus giddingsi J. E. McCosker, Long & C. C. Baldwin, 2012 (Galápagos catshark)
  • Bythaelurus hispidus (Alcock, 1891) (Bristly catshark)
  • Bythaelurus immaculatus (Y. T. Chu & Q. W. Meng, 1982) (Spotless catshark)
  • Bythaelurus incanus Last & J. D. Stevens, 2008 (Sombre catshark)
  • Bythaelurus lutarius (S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972) (Mud catshark)
  • Bythaelurus naylori Ebert & Clerkin, 2015 (Dusky snout catshark) [1]
  • Bythaelurus stewarti Weigmann, Kaschner, and Thiel, 2018 (Error Seamount catshark)[2]
  • Bythaelurus tenuicephalus Kaschner, Weigmann & Thiel, 2015 (Narrowhead catshark) [3]

References
  1. Ebert, D.A. & Clerkin, P.J. (2015). "A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 53–63.
  2. Thiel, Ralf; Kaschner, Carina Julia; Weigmann, Simon (2018-12-12). "A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with investigations of its feeding ecology, generic review and identification key". PLOS ONE. 13 (12): e0207887. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207887. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6291195.
  3. Kaschner C.J.; Weigmann S.; Thiel R. (2015). "Bythaelurus tenuicephalus n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean". Zootaxa. 4013 (1): 120–138. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.9.


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