Filetail catshark

Filetail catshark
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Parmaturus
Species:	P. xaniurus
Binomial name
Parmaturus xaniurus (C. H. Gilbert, 1892)
Range of the filetail catshark

The filetail catshark (Parmaturus xaniurus) is an Eastern Pacific endemic deepwater catshark ranging from Oregon to the Gulf of California. Adults are epibenthic and found near areas of rocky vertical relief over soft mud bottoms on the outer continental shelf and upper slope at depths of 91 to 1,251 m, juveniles are mesopelagic, found around 500 m off the bottom in waters over 1,000 m deep. They have been seen at the Lasuen Knoll during ROV expeditions at roughly 300 m deep. Reaches a maximum size of 60 cm TL. An oviparous species, females deposit eggcases throughout the year with concentrated reproductive output July through September. There is no information available on the age and growth, longevity, fecundity, abundance or mortality of this species. It is not targeted by commercial fisheries or utilized for human consumption, but is known to be incidental catch in longline and bottom trawl fisheries, although no specific data is available.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parmaturus xaniurus.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Parmaturus xaniurus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks, Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006 ISBN 0-00-721986-5
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120419001917/http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animaldetails.aspx?enc=Z5SIVkZ+n+XygKnuMkYzNQ