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| Species: | H. dawsoni
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| Halaelurus dawsoni Springer, 1971
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The New Zealand catshark, Halaelurus macrorhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in deep water around New Zealand. Its length is up to 45 cm.
The New Zealand catshark is a small little-known deepwater bottom shark. It is dark brown above with a few widely spaced pale spots, and white below. It feeds on bottom-living crustaceans.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Halaelurus dawsoni". FishBase. May 2006 version.
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