Deepwater Catsharks

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 in the 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.