Arabian catshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Bythaelurus |
Species: | B. alcockii
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Binomial name | |
Bythaelurus alcockii (Garman, 1913)
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Synonyms | |
Halaelurus alcockii Garman, 1913 |
The Arabian catshark (Bythaelurus alcockii) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.[2] It can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long,[3] and lives in open seas. It is only known from a single specimen, now lost, which was found on the continental slope of the Arabian Sea.