Pentanchidae

Iceland catshark

Apristurus laurussonii

Icelandic slopes fall fourteen hundred meters deep

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• North America
• Large

The Iceland or Icelandic catshark (Apristurus laurussonii) is a species of shark, belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This catshark is found in the western Atlantic, from Massachusetts, Delaware, and the northern Gulf of Mexico, as well as the eastern Atlantic from Iceland, southwestern Ireland, the Canary Islands, Madeira, South Africa, and between 67 and 11°N. They are found in depths of 550 to 1450 meters near or at the bottom over upper continental slopes.