Bythaelurus stewarti

Bythaelurus stewarti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Pentanchidae
Genus:	Bythaelurus
Species:	B. stewarti
Binomial name
Bythaelurus stewarti Kaschner, Weigmann & Thiel, 2018

Bythaelurus stewarti, the Error Seamount catshark, is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, in the order Carchariniformes. It is endemic to Error Seamount, a guyot located in the Arabian Sea in the western Indian Ocean. Its closest relative is the bristly catshark (B. hispidus), which it differs from in its larger size, darker and more mottled coloration, and especially its smaller and less densely concentrated denticles. ^[2]

References

1. Dulvy, N.K.; Bineesh, K.K.; Cheok, J.; Dharmadi, Finucci, B.; Sherman, C.S. (2020). "Bythaelurus stewarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T141747777A141748112. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T141747777A141748112.en .
2. Thiel, Ralf; Kaschner, Carina Julia; Weigmann, Simon (2018-12-12). "A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with investigations of its feeding ecology, generic review and identification key". PLOS ONE. 13 (12) e0207887. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1307887W. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207887 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   6291195 . PMID   30540765.