Bythaelurus giddingsi, Galápagos catshark

Bythaelurus giddingsi McCosker, Long & Baldwin, 2012

Galápagos catshark
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Elasmobranchii (haaien en roggen) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Bythaelurus: bythos (Gr.), depths of the sea, referring to its deepwater habitat; ailouros (Gr.), cat, probably an allusion to the vernacular “catshark,” so named for its cat-like eyes (See ETYFish)giddingsi: In honor of Al Giddings (b. 1937), American underwater filmmaker, naturalist, and friend (See ETYFish).
Eponymy: Al Giddings is an underwater filmmaker and naturalist. He has also been active in the commercial film business as the cameraman for: The Deep (1977) and as co-producer of: Titanic (1997). Moreover, he is a friend of the senior author. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: McCosker, Long & Baldwin.

Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied Ecologie

marien bathypelagisch; diepte 428 - 562 m (Ref. 89625). Tropical

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Pacific Ocean: presumed to be endemic to the Galápagos Islands.

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.3 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 89625)

Korte beschrijving Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie

This species is moderately sized and have the following characters: snout bluntly rounded; preoral length 4.7-6.8% TL; short head, length about equal to pectoral-pelvic space, 21-24% TL; precaudal length 73-80% TL; dorsal and anal fins are subequal; length of anal-fin base about equal to length of interdorsal space; 81-85 (mean = 82.6) precaudal vertebrae; color chocolate brown dorsally, paler on ventral surface from snout to anus; body, flanks, caudal and median fins are overlain with pale spots about equal in size to eye, becoming smaller below lateral midline, and showing a bilaterally asymmetrical pattern. It differs from its congeners in its coloration, the length of its anal-fin base, and in other morphological characters (Ref. 89625).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

This species were observed living on the bottom above sand or sand and mud substrates, in the vicinity of lava boulders, either over flat bottoms or along slopes to 45° (Ref. 89625).

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McCosker, J.E., D.J. Long and C.C. Baldwin, 2012. Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Zootaxa 3221:48-59. (Ref. 89625)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 February 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Harmless





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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex
(Ref. 82804)
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00347 (0.00171 - 0.00701), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau
(Ref. 69278)
4.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
(Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈