Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Carcharhiniformes > Scyliorhinidae > Bythaelurus > Bythaelurus hispidus

Bythaelurus hispidus (Bristly catshark; Bristly cat shark)

Synonyms: Halaelurus hispidium; Halaelurus hispidus; Scyllium hispidum
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bristly catshark, Bythaelurus hispidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found from southeastern India and the Andaman Islands, between latitudes 15° N and 5° N, at depths between 200 and 300 m. Its length is up to 29 cm.
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Prey / Diet

Solenocera hextii (deep-sea mud shrimp)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1OBSERVATION ON THE FOOD OF DEEP SEA SHARKS HALAELURUS HISPIDUS (ALCOCK), ERIDACNIS RADCLIFFEI SMITH AND IAGO OMANENSIS COMPAGNO AND SPRINGER, R. V. NAIR AND K. K. APPUKOTTAN, Indian J. Fish. 20:575-583 (1973)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0