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, 1891)

• Holotype (unique): ZSI F13120.

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)

Synonyms

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

Vernacular names

English: Bristly Catshark

References

• Alcock, A.W. 1891. Class Pisces. In: II.--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 (Series 6) 8 (43/44): 16–34; 119-138, 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. PDFReference page. 

Links

• Bythaelurus hispidus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Bythaelurus hispidus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.

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