Atlantic sawtail cat shark

Atlantic sawtail cat shark

Taxobox
name = Atlantic sawtail cat shark
status = NT
status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Galeus"
species = "G. atlanticus"
binomial = "Galeus atlanticus"
binomial_authority = (Vaillant, 1888)
The Atlantic sawtail cat shark, "Galeus atlanticus", is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae the only specimen of which, the holotype, was found off Cape Spartel, on the northwest coast of Morocco, at 540 m.

The Atlantic sawtail cat shark is grey above and whitish below, with dark grey blotches and saddles or narrow vertical bars along the body and tail. There is a distinct crest of enlarged dermal denticles along the upper margin of the elongated tail.

Reproduction is oviparous.

References

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* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks of the World", Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2

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