Scyliorhinidae

Narrowmouthed catshark

Schroederichthys bivius

Shark from One Hundred Eighty Meters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• South America
• Elongated
• Large
• Tropical fish

The narrowmouthed catshark (Schroederichthys bivius) is a coloured catshark belonging to the family Atelomycteridae, found from central Chile around the Straits of Magellan, to Argentina between latitudes 23° S and 56° S, at depths down to about 180 m (600 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean and about 360 m (1,200 ft) in the Pacific. It can grow to a length of up to 70 cm (28 in). The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.