Arabian catshark

Arabian catshark
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Bythaelurus
Species:	B. alcockii
Binomial name
	Bythaelurus alcockii; (Garman, 1913)
Synonyms
	Halaelurus alcockii Garman, 1913

Bythaelurus alcockii also known as the Arabian catshark is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.^[1] It can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long,^[2] and lives in open seas. It is only known from a single specimen, now lost, which was found on the continental slope of the Arabian Sea.

References

^ "A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 53–63. 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bythaelurus alcockii". FishBase. April 2015 version.

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[Ebert2015-1] "A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 53–63. 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bythaelurus alcockii". FishBase. April 2015 version.

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