Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Breedkopkathaai
Common Names in English:
Broadhead Catshark, Broadhead Cat Shark
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
克氏梅花鯊, 克氏梅花鲨
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine [1].
Ecology:
The holotype and only known specimen (a 38.7 cm total length (TL
)
adult
male) was collected at 425 to 500 m
depth.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 10 Marine Oceanic
- 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
()
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
()
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
()
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
()
- Order:
Carcharhiniformes
()
- Family:
Scyliorhinidae
()
- Gill, 1862
- Genus:
Bythaelurus
()
- Specific name:
clevai
- (Seret, 1987)
- Scientific name: - Bythaelurus clevai (Seret, 1987)
- Specific name:
clevai
- (Seret, 1987)
- Genus:
Bythaelurus
(
- Family:
Scyliorhinidae
(
- Order:
Carcharhiniformes
(
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
(
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
(
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
(
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 24-Aug-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bythaelurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. alcocki (Arabian Catshark) · B. alcockii (Arabian Catshark) · B. canescens (Dusky Catshark) · B. clevai (Broadhead Catshark) · B. dawsoni (Dawson's Cat Shark) · B. hispidus (Bristly Catshark) · B. immaculatus (Spotless Catshark) · B. incanus (Sombre Catshark) · B. lutarius (Brown Catshark)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- Compagno, L.J.V. In prep. b. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the shark species known to date. Volume 3. (Carcharhiniformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes No. 1, Vol.3. FAO, Rome.
- IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.iucnssg.org/.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5987536
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-154008
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13540593
- IUCN ID: 196576
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963184
Footnotes
- Robinson, L. 2004. Bythaelurus clevai. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
