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Brazilian filetail catshark

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Species of catshark

Brazilian filetail catshark
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Parmaturus
Species: P. angelae
Binomial name
Parmaturus angelae
Soares, de Carvalho, Schwingel & Gadig, 2019
Range of Brazilian filetail catshark

The Brazilian filetail catshark (Parmaturus angelae) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, found in southern Brazil. It lives on the continental slopes at the depths of 500–600 m (1,600–2,000 ft).

This catshark has numerous characteristics which differ from all congeners in Western Atlantic Ocean, such as proportional dimensions, vertebral counts, dorsal fins subequal, and the presence of well-developed lower and upper caudal crests of denticles. Little is known about the biology of this species, aside from its oviparous reproduction system.

References

  1. ^ Pollom, R.; Rincon, G.; Herman, K. (2020). "Parmaturus angelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T152501278A152501317. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T152501278A152501317.en.
  2. ^ Soares, K. D. A.; de Carvalho, M. R.; Schwingel, P. R.; Gadig, O. B. F. (2019). "A New Species of Parmaturus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic". Copeia. 107 (2): 314–322. doi:10.1643/CI-18-152. S2CID 191150023.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parmaturus angelae". FishBase. July 2020 version.
Taxon identifiers
Parmaturus angelae


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