Bythaelurus 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.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Bythaelurus |
| Species: | B. stewarti |
| Binomial name | |
| Bythaelurus stewarti | |
References
edit- ↑ Dulvy, N.K.; Bineesh, K.K.; Cheok, J.; Dharmadi, Finucci, B.; Sherman, C.S. (2020). "Bythaelurus stewarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T141747777A141748112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T141747777A141748112.en.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Thiel, Ralf; Kaschner, Carina Julia; Weigmann, Simon (2018-12-12). "A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with investigations of its feeding ecology, generic review and identification key". PLOS ONE. 13 (12) e0207887. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1307887W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207887. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6291195. PMID 30540765.