Bythaelurus hispidus

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 hispidus

Name

Bythaelurus hispidus (Alcock in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)

Type locality: Andaman Sea, 11°31'40"N, 92°46'40"E, Investigator station 115, depth 188-220 fathoms.

Etymology: hispidus (= bristly), referring to its skin being covered with minute stony tricuspid spines. (From: The ETYFish project)

Scyllium hispidum Alcock, 1891
- Scylliorhinus hispidus (Alcock, 1891) -- Brauer, 1906
- Scyliorhinus hispidus (Alcock, 1891) -- Regan, 1908
- Halaelurus hispidus (Alcock, 1891) -- Garman, 1913

English: Bristly Catshark

Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. 1891a. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer ‘Investigator,’ Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding.—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91. Annals and magazine of natural history. (6)8(43): 16–34, pls. 7–8. BHL. Reference page.
Nair, R.V. & Lal Mohan, R.S. 1973. On a new deep sea skate, Rhinobatos variegatus, with notes on the deep sea sharks Halaelurus hispidus, Eridacnis radcliffei and Eugaleus omanensis from the Gulf of Mannar. Senckenbergiana Biologica 54(1/3): 71–80. PDF Reference page.

Bythaelurus hispidus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
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