Arabian catshark

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=White, W.T. |author2=Ebert, D.A. |author3=Grandcourt, E. |author4=Khan, M. |author5=Akhilesh, K.V. |date=2017 |title=Bythaelurus alcockii |volume=2017 |page=e.T44227A109895118 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44227A109895118.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| taxon = Bythaelurus alcockii

| authority = (Garman, 1913)

| synonyms =

Halaelurus alcockii Garman, 1913

}}

The Arabian catshark (Bythaelurus alcockii) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.{{cite journal | author = Ebert, D.A. | author2 = Clerkin, P.J. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean | journal = Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation | volume = 15 | pages = 53–63 | url = http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf15e.pdf }} It can grow up to {{convert|30|cm}} long,{{FishBase| genus = Bythaelurus| species = alcockii | month = April | year = 2015}} 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.