Bythaelurus is a genus of sharks belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. The genus Bythaelurus Compagno 1988 was first described as a subgenus of Halaelurus Gill 1862 based on several morphological characteristics including a soft body with thin skin, a bluntly rounded snout without a pointed, knob-like tip, and eyes not noticeably elevated on the dorsal surface of the head. Members of this genus are generally found in deep water and have more somber body coloration.[1]
| Bythaelurus | |
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| Dusky catshark (Bythaelurus canescens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Bythaelurus L. J. V. Compagno, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Scyllium canescens Günther, 1878
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Species
editThere are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Bythaelurus alcockii (Garman, 1913) (Arabian catshark)[1]
- Bythaelurus bachi Weigmann et al., 2016 (Bach's catshark)[3]
- 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)[4]
- Bythaelurus tenuicephalus Kaschner, Weigmann & Thiel, 2015 (narrowhead catshark) [5]
- Bythaelurus vivaldii Weigmann & Kaschner, 2017 (Vivaldi's catshark)[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Species in genus Bythaelurus". FishBase.
- ^ Weigmann, Simon; Ebert, David A.; Clerkin, Paul J.; Stehmann, Matthias F.W.; Naylor, Gavin J.P. (2016). "Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of Bythaelurus species and a key to their identification". Zootaxa. 4208 (5): 401–432. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.1. PMID 28006803. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1307887W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207887. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6291195. PMID 30540765.
- ^ 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. PMID 26623887.
- ^ Weigmann, Simon; Kaschner, Carina Julia (2017). "Bythaelurus vivaldii, a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Somalia". Zootaxa. 4263 (1): 097–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.4. PMID 28609882.
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