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Scyliorhinidae
Error Seamount Catshark
Bythaelurus stewarti
A microendemic confined to Error Seamount
- Tropical
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
MediumBythaelurus stewarti, the Error Seamount catshark, is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, in the order Carchariniformes. It is endemic to Error Seamount, a guyot located in the Arabian Sea in the western Indian Ocean. Its closest relative is the bristly catshark (B. hispidus), which it differs from in its larger size, darker and more mottled coloration, and especially its smaller and less densely concentrated denticles.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Ground Sharks
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Genus
- Bythaelurus
- Maximum length
- 42.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwestern Indian Ocean: Error Seamount (Mount Error Guyot). Apparently a microendemic species restricted to this isolated Seamount.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
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