Filetail catshark

Filetail catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Parmaturus
Species:	P. xaniurus
Binomial name
Parmaturus xaniurus (Gilbert, 1892)

The filetail catshark, Parmaturus xaniurus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found from the eastern Pacific from Oregon to the Gulf of California.

See also

• List of sharks

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References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Parmaturus xaniurus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks, Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006 ISBN 0-00-721986-5