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Bythaelurus lutarius (Mud catshark)
(Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972)
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Bythaelurus lutarius (Mud catshark)
[Illustration
by Ann Hecht ©] |
Identification
A slender, plain brown dwarf catshark with a
moderately long snout, short labial furrows, and no crest of
enlarged denticles on caudal fin.
Size
To 39 cm TL.
Range
East
coast off Mozambique; also Somalia.
Habitat
Upper slope in tropics,
on or just above mud substrate at 338 to 766 m.
Biology
Bears 2
young. Feeds on cephalopods, small bony fish, and crustaceans.
Human Impact
None.
Text by Leonard J.V. Compagno, David A. Ebert
and Malcolm J. Smale
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