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The Australian sawtail catshark (Figaro boardmani) is a common species of deepwater catshark, belonging to the family Pentanchidae, endemic to southern Australian waters. It is found on or near the bottom of the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope , at depths of 85 to 823 m (279 to 2,700 ft).
The roughtail catshark or marbled catshark (Galeus arae) is a common species of deepwater catshark, belonguing to the family Pentanchidae. It is found at a depth of 36–702 m (118–2,303 ft) in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean , the Gulf of Mexico , and the Caribbean Sea , from North Carolina to Costa Rica .
Pentanchidae, a family of ground sharks with the overall name deepwater catsharks, but many species are referred to as "catshark". This species in this family were formerly included in the Scyliorhinidae. Atelomycteridae, a family of ground sharks with the overall name coloured catsharks, but many species are referred to as "catshark". This ...
The longhead catshark or smoothbelly catshark (Apristurus longicephalus) is a species of shark, family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This shark has a patchy distribution in the Indo-Pacific from Mozambique to southern Japan to northern Australia. It is found in water between 500 and 1,140 m (1,640 and 3,740 ft) deep.
The ghost catshark (Apristurus manis) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is found on the continental slopes in the northwest Atlantic off Massachusetts , the northeast Atlantic from the Porcupine Bank west of Ireland and the southern Atlantic off Cape Town , at depths between 600 ...
The small-spotted catshark ... They deposit egg cases protected by a horny capsule with long tendrils. Egg cases are mostly deposited on macroalgae in shallow coastal ...
The species lives in very deep water, the only specimen was caught at the Bear Seamount in the north-western Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 1,800 m (5,900 ft). [ 1 ] Similar species
The bristly catshark is a small species among the shark family, and as the name suggests, it has lengthened, cat-like eyes on the side that help it to be easily distinguished. The long abdomen, rounded snout with a parabolic knoblike tip, and short wrinkle labial also differentiate it from other catsharks.