Deepwater Catsharks

It is endemic to the eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging along the west coast of North America from Washington to the Gulf of California. It inhabits rocky vertical relief over soft mud bottoms on the outer continental shelf and upper slope at depths of 91–1,251 m.

It inhabits from Japan and the East China Sea, on the upper to middle continental slope at depths of 358–895 m.

It is found at depths of 985–1,350m on the lower continental slope around New Zealand, on the West Norfolk Ridge, and off North Cape.

It is known only from a single specimen collected off the Tanimbar Islands in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia, at depths of 840–855 m.

It is known only from the holotype, a 15.7 cm immature female found in the north-western Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico. The specimen was collected at 1,057 m, a depth beyond current and probably future fishing pressure in the region.

It is found in southern Brazil. It lives on the continental slopes at depths of 500–600 m.

It is known only from a single specimen collected from northern New Caledonia at depths of 688–732 m.

It is known from two specimens collected from the Tablas Strait and Mindanao Sea off the Philippines in the Western Central Pacific, at depths of 673–1,069 m.

It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, near South Africa, at depths of 200–1,000 m.

It is found in the waters of the Western Indian Ocean, near Kenya, at depths of 200–300 m.

It is found in the western Indian Ocean off Mozambique and Tanzania, at depths of 600–660 m.

It is found in the western Indian Ocean off the coasts of Natal, South Africa, southern Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya, and Tanzania, at depths of 220–440 m.

It is endemic to the southern tip of Africa, the range extends from Lüderitz, Namibia in the west to Durban, South Africa in the east. It inhabits the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope, from 40 m to at least 1,075 m.

Its range is limited to the continental shelf along the coast of South Africa, from Langebaan Lagoon in Western Cape Province to the western shore of Algoa Bay. It occurs at depths of 0–130 m.

It has a restricted distribution along the coast of South Africa, from the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces to southern KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is usually found close to the bottom over sandy flats or rocky reefs, from the intertidal zone to a depth of 35 m.

It is restricted to the waters off the KwaZulu-Natal, and possibly also the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. It occurs at depths of 0–30 m.

It is restricted to the coastal waters of southern Africa, from north of Lüderitz in southern Namibia to east of the Storms River mouth in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is a bottom-dwelling species found close inshore, from the intertidal zone to depths of 35 m.

It is known from the Gulf of Aden, and off the coast of Somalia, with a separate population extending from Viet Nam and the Philippines, through Indonesia to Western Australia. It is a demersal species, living on continental shelves and insular shelves, with a depth range of 37–250 m.

It is found in the waters off the coasts of Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan between latitudes 39° N and 20° N, at depths of 80–100 m.

It is found in the waters off the coasts of Beira, Mozambique, to East London, South Africa between latitudes 19°S and 31°S, from the surface to 290 m.

It is found in the Pacific Ocean, from the southern coast of Java, and off the islands of Bali and Lombok in eastern Indonesia, and has also been recorded from several landing sites in the Philippines.

It is found over sandy areas and near reef peripheries off South Africa and perhaps Mozambique, from close to shore to usually no deeper than 172 m.

It is known only from nine specimens caught off southwestern India and eastern Somalia, at depths of 59–220 m.

It is found around the waters off Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean, at depths of 62–164 m.

It is found on or near the bottom at depths of 293–695 m off Florida and the West Indies from Jamaica to Martinique.

It is found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, from North Carolina to Costa Rica, at depths of 250–750 m.

It is found in a small area of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, centered on the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alborán Sea. It is found on or close to the bottom over the continental slope, mostly at depths of 400–600 m.

It has only been found in the Caribbean Sea off Panama and Colombia, at depths of 431–549 m. Demersal in nature, it is a rare inhabitant of the upper continental slope.

It is found off Papua New Guinea, at depths of 500–742 m.

It is found from southern Japan to the East China Sea, including Taiwan, at depths of 100–900 m.

It has been collected from off Cape Cuvier and Port Hedland in Western Australia, off Melville Island off Northern Territory, and off Cape York in Queensland, at depths of 290–470 m.

It has been recorded from south of Japan, off the islands of Amami Ōshima, Ogasawara, and Izu. It inhabits upper insular slopes at depths of 350–550 m.

It is common in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Senegal, including the Mediterranean Sea. It is typically found over the continental slope at depths of 150–1,400 m, on or near muddy bottoms.

It is found off the southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, and may occur as far north as São Paulo, at depths of 236–600 m.

It is common in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean off Iceland and Faeroes, at depths of 380–1,300 m.

It is found in the north-western Pacific from Sagami Bay off south-eastern Honshu, Japan to the East China Sea, including the Ryukyu Islands and the Kyushu–Palau Ridge, at depths of 150–540 m.

It is limited to the Gulf of California, with the southern boundary defined by the city of Guaymas in Sonora, and Isla Salsipuedes in Baja California, at depths of 275–1,326 m.

It is found along much of the western coast of Africa, from southern Morocco to the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, at depths of 160–720 m.

It is found on or near the ocean floor, in the deep waters off New Caledonia and Vanuatu, at depths of 262–830 m.

It is found in the waters around Taiwan, where it is very common, and the Philippines, at depths of 60–200 cm.

It is endemic to Luzon in the Philippines. It is found on or near the bottom over the upper continental slope at depths of 329–431 m.

It occurs off Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, and probably the United States Virgin Islands, at depths of 457–699 m.

It is endemic to marine waters off Dapitan, Philippines. All three specimens have been caught in water approximately 500 m.

It is widely distributed off southern Australia, ranging from Carnarvon in Western Australia to Noosa in Queensland, including all of Tasmania, at depths of 85–823 m.

Its range is limited to the upper continental slope off Queensland, between Rockhampton and Townsville. It is found on or near the bottom at depths of 300–420 m.

It is found from the Gulf of California to off the southern Baja peninsula. It occurs around the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope at depths of 155–937 m.

It is found on the southern Madagascar Ridge in the south-western Indian Ocean, at depths of 910–1,365 m.

It is endemic to the southeast Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Peru and Chile, at depths of 250–700 m.

The only specimen, the holotype, was found off Madagascar, at depths of 425–500 m.

It is endemic to in the deep waters around New Zealand, at depths of 50–1,200 m.

It is known only from waters around several of the Galápagos Islands, including San Cristóbal Island, Darwin Island, Marchena Island and Fernandina Island, at depths of 428–562 m.

It is found off south-eastern India and the Andaman Islands, between 15°N and 5°N, at depths of 200–300 m.

It is found on the continental slope in the South China Sea, at depths of 535–1,020 m.

It is known from a single specimen south of Rote Island, north-western Australia, at depths of 900–1,000 m.

It is found in the open seas of the western Indian Ocean, from Mozambique to Somalia, between 13°N and 29°S, at depths of 340–765 m.

It is found along the Southwest Indian Ridge in the south-western Indian Ocean, at depths of 89–1,443 m.

It is endemic to Error Seamount, a guyot located in the Arabian Sea in the western Indian Ocean, at depths of 380–420 m.

It is found off Tanzania and Mozambique in the western Indian Ocean, at depths of 463–550 m.

It is found in north-western Indian Ocean, specifically in Somalia, at depths to 628 m.

It is only known from a single specimen, now lost, which was found on the continental slope of the Arabian Sea, at depths of 1,134–1,263 m.

It is found only around Australia between 32 and 38°S, at depths of 10–180 m.

It is found only off the shores of southern Australia, at depths of 27–650 m.

It is found only off the coast of Western Australia, at depths of 25–540 m.

The only specimen, the holotype, being found off Western Australia at 144 m.

It is found in New Caledonia, at depths of 235–550 m.

It is found off New South Wales and Western Australia, at depths of 30–200 m.

It is found only off the coast of Western Australia, at depths of 200–400 m.

It is found only around southwestern Australia, at depths of 100–400 m.

It is found only off Queensland, Australia, at depths of 225–400 m.

It is found in the western Pacific, in southern waters off New Caledonia, on the slopes of seamounts along the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise, at depths of 935–1,564 m.

It is found in the open seas near Australia and New Zealand, at depths of 800–1,503 m.

It is found in deep water in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean between 57°N and 58°N, at depths of 1,014–1,800 m.

It is found in Australia and possibly New Zealand, at depths of 590–1,000 m.

It is found in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, at depths of 1,000–1,120 m.

It is ranging from the northern Pacific waters off the coast of British Columbia and south to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. They may live as far south as Ecuador and Peru. It occurs at depths of 30–650 m.

It is recorded from only three specimens taken off Perth, Western Australia, at depths of 1,030–1,140 m.

It is found in the western central Atlantic Ocean, in the Leeward Islands off Antigua and Anguilla, at depths of 500–1,000 m.

It is found only around New Zealand, at depths of 560–1,200 m.

It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, on the Tohoku Slope off Japan, at depths of 100–1,500 m.

It is found in the open seas of New Zealand.

It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea, at depths to 915 m.

It is found in the western Pacific from Japan to the Philippines, and the East and South China Seas, and the Kyūshū-Palau Ridge, at depths of 530–865 m.

It is found in the western Indian Ocean near Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and Oman, at depths of 1,300–1,840 m.

It is found only in deep water in the East China Sea.

The holotype and only specimen being found in deep water in the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean between 16 and 10°N.

It is found in the north-western Pacific off Chiba Prefecture, Honshū, Japan, between 36 and 34°N.

It is found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, from central and southern California and the Gulf of California, between 38°N and 23°N, at depths to 1,890 m.

It is found in the western Atlantic, from Massachusetts and Delaware to the northern Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Atlantic from Iceland and southwestern Ireland to the Canary Islands, Madeira, and South Africa. It occurs at depths of 550–1,450 m.

It has a patchy distribution in the Indo-Pacific from Mozambique to southern Japan to northern Australia, at depths of 500–1,140 m.

It is found in the north-western Pacific, off south-eastern Honshu, Japan, and Taiwan.

The holotype and only specimen was taken from off Zhujiang in the South China Sea, at a depth of 913 m.

It is found in deep water in the Atlantic Ocean between 40° and 60°N, at depths of 600–1,900 m. It occurs on the continental slopes off Massachusetts in the United States and on Porcupine Bank west of Ireland. It has also been reported from deep water in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa.

It is found in the south-western Indian Ocean, at the southern end of the Madagascar Ridge, specifically at Walters Shoal, at depths of 89–1,300 m.

It is found in the North Atlantic, as well as off southern Australia and New Zealand. It inhabits continental shelves at depths of 510–1,520 m.

It is found in the south-eastern Atlantic, from the Orange River to Cape Agulhas, South Africa; it is also known from the North Atlantic. It occurs at depths of 1,000–2,200 m.

It is found in the South China Sea, at depths to 915 m.

It is found in the open seas of Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia, at depths of 953–1,022 m.

It is found on the upper continental slopes in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Panama to Ecuador and central Chile, between 9°N and 28°S. It occurs at depths of 400–925 m.

It is found in the western Atlantic at depths of 35–1,115 m.

It is found in the deep waters of the East China Sea and the north-western Pacific Ocean, at depths of 200–1,000 m.

It is found in the western Pacific Ocean, ranging from southern Japan to Kalimantan, and occurring in the waters of the Philippines and western China.

It is found in the western Atlantic from Delaware Bay to Suriname, and in the eastern Atlantic from Morocco to north-western Africa, at depths of 256–1,830 m.

It is found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, between 30°N and 9° N, on the continental slopes at depths of 700–1,500 m.

It is found from Cape Columbine to south of False Bay in South Africa, between 31°S–40°S, at depths of 344–1,009 m.

The only known specimen was collected on the slope of the Makassar Strait, between Borneo and Sulawesi, at a depth of 655 m.

It is known only from the holotype, which was taken from the South China Sea at a depth of 537 m.

It is known from only two specimens collected in the Pacific Ocean: an adult taken near Bird Island, Hawaii, and a juvenile from the Banda Sea off Sulawesi. It occurs on or near the bottom along insular continental slopes at depths of 570–1,480 m.

It is believed to inhabit the Bismarck Archipelago, north-east of Papua New Guinea. It might live at depths of 630–786 m.

It is only found off Panama, between 9°N and 2°N. It occurs at depths of 915–975 m.

The type locality is Rumahkay, southwest of Seram Island, between Seram and Ambon Islands in eastern Indonesia.