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Deepwater Catsharks
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Deepwater Catsharks

Pentanchidae

Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes. The deepwater catsharks are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

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12 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 111 known species

Shysharks

genusHaploblepharus

Asymbolus

genusAsymbolus

Sawtail Catsharks

genusGaleus

Ghost Catsharks

genusApristurus

Halaelurus

genusHalaelurus

Bythaelurus

genusBythaelurus

Figaro Catsharks

genusFigaro

Parmaturus

genusParmaturus

Pentanchus

genusPentanchus

Akheilos

genusAkheilos

Cephalurus

genusCephalurus

Izak Sharks

genusHolohalaelurus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1032444.