Pentanchidae ...

• Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Carcharhiniformes; Pentanchidae; Faroe Islands; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618851; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5618851

Family Pentanchidae Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 —Blackmouth catshark One female of 70 cm TL was caught at depths between 669 and 676 m. Habitat and Distribution: deepwater bottom shark found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes, mainly between 200 and 500 m but occasionally up to 55 m and down to 2000 m. Eastern North Atlantic, from Norway to Senegal and throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), HV (FishBase). Galeus murinus (Collett, 1904) —Mouse catshark (Fig. 3) 18 specimens between 29 and 44 cm TL were caught at a depth range from 1,450 to 1,683 m, with males between 29–41 cm TL (N=5) and females between 31–44 cm (N=13). Habitat and Distribution: Iceland to the Faroe Islands, Scotland, the Hebrides Islands, Ireland, France, Spain, Morocco, and western Sahara. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), MHV (FishBase). Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 —No common name 18 specimens, 6 males ranging from 24 to 39 cm and 12 females from 22 to 37 cm TL, were caught at a depth ... : Published as part of Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), pp. 293-333 in Zootaxa 4067 (3) on pages 300-301, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256670 ...