Bythaelurus
{{Short description|Genus of sharks}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Bythaelurus canescens.jpg
| image_caption = Dusky catshark (Bythaelurus canescens)
| taxon = Bythaelurus
| authority = L. J. V. Compagno, 1988
| type_species = Scyllium canescens
| type_species_authority = Günther, 1878
}}
Bythaelurus is a genus of sharks belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. The genus Bythaelurus Compagno 1988 was first described as a subgenus of Halaelurus Gill 1862 based on several morphological characteristics including a soft body with thin skin, a bluntly rounded snout without a pointed, knob-like tip, and eyes not noticeably elevated on the dorsal surface of the head. Members of this genus are generally found in deep water and have more somber body coloration.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus|genus=Bythaelurus|year=2021}}
- Bythaelurus alcockii (Garman, 1913) (Arabian catshark)
- Bythaelurus bachi Weigmann et al., 2016 (Bach's catshark){{cite journal| last1=Weigmann | first1=Simon | last2=Ebert | first2=David A. | last3=Clerkin | first3=Paul J. | last4=Stehmann | first4=Matthias F.W. | last5=Naylor | first5=Gavin J.P. | year=2016 | title=Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of Bythaelurus species and a key to their identification | journal=Zootaxa | volume=4208 | issue=5 | pages=401–432 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.1 | pmid=28006803 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311804518 | access-date=5 May 2021}}
- Bythaelurus canescens (Günther, 1878) (dusky catshark)
- Bythaelurus clevai (Séret, 1987) (broadhead catshark)
- Bythaelurus dawsoni (S. Springer, 1971) (New Zealand catshark)
- Bythaelurus giddingsi J. E. McCosker, Long & C. C. Baldwin, 2012 (Galápagos catshark)
- Bythaelurus hispidus (Alcock, 1891) (bristly catshark)
- Bythaelurus immaculatus (Y. T. Chu & Q. W. Meng, 1982) (spotless catshark)
- Bythaelurus incanus Last & J. D. Stevens, 2008 (sombre catshark)
- Bythaelurus lutarius (S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972) (mud catshark)
- Bythaelurus naylori Ebert & Clerkin, 2015 (dusky snout catshark){{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 }}
- Bythaelurus stewarti Weigmann, Kaschner, and Thiel, 2018 (Error Seamount catshark){{Cite journal|last1=Thiel|first1=Ralf|last2=Kaschner|first2=Carina Julia|last3=Weigmann|first3=Simon|date=2018-12-12|title=A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with investigations of its feeding ecology, generic review and identification key|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=13|issue=12|pages=e0207887|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0207887|pmid=30540765|issn=1932-6203|pmc=6291195|doi-access=free|bibcode=2018PLoSO..1307887W }}
- Bythaelurus tenuicephalus Kaschner, Weigmann & Thiel, 2015 (narrowhead catshark) {{cite journal |author1=Kaschner C.J. |author2=Weigmann S. |author3=Thiel R. | year = 2015 | title = Bythaelurus tenuicephalus n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 4013 | issue = 1| pages = 120–138 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.9|pmid=26623887 }}
- Bythaelurus vivaldii {{small|Weigmann & Kaschner, 2017}} (Vivaldi's catshark){{cite journal| last1=Weigmann | first1=Simon | last2=Kaschner | first2=Carina Julia | year=2017 | title=Bythaelurus vivaldii, a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Somalia | journal=Zootaxa | volume=4263 | issue=1 | pages=097–119 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.4| pmid=28609882 }}
References
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Category:Taxa named by Leonard Compagno
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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