| Arabian catshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Bythaelurus |
| Species: | B. alcockii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bythaelurus alcockii (Garman, 1913) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Halaelurus alcockii Garman, 1913 | |
The Arabian catshark (Bythaelurus alcockii) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. It can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, and lives in open seas. It is only known from a single specimen, now lost, which was found on the continental slope of the Arabian Sea.
References
- White, W.T.; Ebert, D.A.; Grandcourt, E.; Khan, M.; Akhilesh, K.V. (2017). "Bythaelurus alcockii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44227A109895118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44227A109895118.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Ebert, D.A. & Clerkin, P.J. (2015). "A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 53–63.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bythaelurus alcockii". FishBase. April 2015 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Bythaelurus alcockii | |
| Halaelurus alcockii | |
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