Bythaelurus bachi

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Bythaelurus
Species: Bythaelurus bachi

Name edit

Holotype: ZMH 26160, adult ♂, 422 mm TL fresh, 390.5 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, collected on 15 December 1988.

Type locality: “RV ‘Vityaz’, cruise 17, station 2707, Walters Shoals, 33°01.8’ S, 44°23.6’ E – 32°59.8’ S, 44°24.4’ E, 910–925 m depth, 19.4 m”.

Eponymy: Johann Sebastian Bach[→wp] [Weigmann et al., 2016: 420]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Bach’s Catshark