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Bythaelurus bachi Weigmann, Ebert, Clerkin, Stehmann & Naylor, 2016

Bach’s catshark
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Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Bythaelurus: bythos (Gr.), depths of the sea, referring to its deepwater habitat; ailouros (Gr.), cat, probably an allusion to the vernacular “catshark,” so named for its cat-like eyes. (See ETYFish);  bachi: In honor of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), a “musical genius and one of the greatest composers of all time” (so named because the senior author admires Bach and not for any Bach-like feature the shark might possess, Simon Weigmann, pers. comm.) [see also B. vivaldii]. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; distribuzione batimetrica 910 - 1365 m (Ref. 113731). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar Ridge at Walters Shoals.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.2 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 113731); 44.5 cm TL (female)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

The females of this species based on total length are mature at 39.2 cm and immature at 36.1 cm, while males are mature at 40.0 cm and immature at 37.6 cm . The size at hatching based on the three post-embryonic specimens is estimated at around 12.0 cm TL (Ref. 113731).

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Weigmann, S., D.A. Ebert, P.J. Clerkin, M.F.W. Stehmann and G.J.P. Naylor, 2016. Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of Bythaelurus species and a key to their identification. Zootaxa 4208(5):401-432. (Ref. 113731)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 24 April 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00355 (0.00176 - 0.00714), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary low fecundity).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).