Salamander shark
Parmaturus pilosus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The salamander shark or salamander catshark is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species inhabits a range from Japan and the East China Sea, on the upper to middle continental slope at depths of 358–895 m. Specimens of this species can attain a total length of at least 64 cm. This catshark is a potential bycatch of trawl fisheries operating within its range, but no details are available. There are high levels of squalene in this catshark's liver. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Pentanchidae
- Genus
- Parmaturus