Bythaelurus clevai, Broadhead cat shark

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Bythaelurus clevai (Séret, 1987)

Broadhead cat shark
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Bythaelurus: bythos (Gr.), depths of the sea, referring to its deepwater habitat; ailouros (Gr.), cat, probably an allusion to the vernacular “catshark,” so named for its cat-like eyes. (See ETYFish);  clevai: In honor of Régis Cléva, biologist, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris), who collected holotype. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 425 - 500 m (Ref. 26282). Deep-water

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Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Holotype taken from 425-500 m depth (Ref. 26282).

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Compagno, L.J.V., 1999. Checklist of living elasmobranchs. p. 471-498. In W.C. Hamlett (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. (Ref. 35766)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 24 April 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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