Biology:Bythaelurus bachi

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Short description: Catshark species

Bach's catshark
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Bythaelurus
Species:
B. bachi
Binomial name
Bythaelurus bachi
Weigmann, Ebert, Clerkin, Stehmann & Naylor, 2016
Bythaelurus bachi distmap.jpg
Range of Bach's catshark

Bythaelurus bachi, commonly known as Bach's catshark, is a species of catshark found in southern Madagascar Ridge in the southwestern Indian Ocean.[2][1] This stout-bodied catshark is thought to inhabit the deep sea at depths of 910–1,365 m (2,986–4,478 ft).[2]

Compared to all of its congeners in Western Indian Ocean, Bach's catshark has higher diversity of dermal denticle morphology in general, lighter body coloration, and the presence of numerous partially composite papillae on its tongue and palate (the roof of a mouth).[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q46388462 entry