FILETAIL CATSHARK

Parmaturus xaniurus

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Found on the outer continental shelf and upper slope. Feeds on a variety of small fish (e.g. lanternfish) and invertebrates. Oviparous. Possesses an enlarged gill region which is an adaptation to areas with low dissolved oxygen levels. Has a high concentration of squalene in its liver which affords it neutral buoyancy. Regularly caught by bottom trawlers but not utilized at all.

	Clarias ngamensis Castelnau, 1861 Blunt-toothed African catfish
	Geococcyx californianus (Lesson, 1829) Chapparal cock
	Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Eurasian sparrow
	Caelorinchus braueri Barnard, 1925 Shovelnose grenadier
	Parmaturus melanobranchus (Chan, 1966) Blackgill catshark

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