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Scyliorhinidae
Galápagos catshark
Bythaelurus giddingsi
Chocolate spots beside Galapagos lava boulders
- Tropical
- Island endemic
- Island endemic species
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumGalápagos catshark is known from Pacific Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Ground Sharks
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Genus
- Bythaelurus
- Maximum length
- 45.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Pacific Ocean: presumed to be endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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