Catsharks

It is found on the continental shelves and the uppermost continental slopes off the coasts of Norway and the British Isles south to Senegal and in the Mediterranean, between latitudes 63° N and 12° N. It is found primarily over sandy, gravelly, or muddy bottoms from depths of a few metres down to 400 m.

It is found on the continental shelves and insular slopes of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between latitudes 20° N and 9° N, at depths between 330 and 675 m.

It is found in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro south-eastern Brazil, at depths of 387–647 m.

It is found in the seas around the coast of southern Africa at depths of  26–495 m. Its range extends from Lüderitz in Namibia to central Natal.

It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean at depths between 45 and 500 m. Its range extends from Mauritania in West Africa to Angola. It is a bottom-dwelling species inhabiting the continental shelf on muddy and rocky seabeds.

The holotype and only specimen was taken from the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, at a depth of 400 m.

It is found in the Mediterranean Sea off Croatia, Greece, Tunisia, and Algeria, as well as in the Adriatic Sea, at depths of 43–75 m.

It is found off the coast of the Philippines and northern Indonesia.

All specimens identified have been caught around the Izu Islands, off the coast of Japan, caught by longline at depths ranging from 100 m to 650 m.

It is found on the continental shelf and upper slope of the western Atlantic Ocean, off western Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Uruguay, at depths of 37–402 m.

It is found in the tropical western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea of Honduras, Panama and Colombia. It is a deep water, demersal fish and inhabits the continental slope, at a depth of 274–457 m.

It is found from North Carolina southward to the Santaren Channel between Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, as well as in the Cayman Trench off northern Jamaica, and in the Gulf of Mexico north of the Yucatan Peninsula. It inhabits the upper continental slope, at a depth of 329–548 m.

It is found in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, ranging from George’s Bank in Massachusetts, to Nicaragua and Barbados, at depths of 36–750 m.

It is found in the north-eastern Atlantic from southern Norway and Sweden to Senegal, including off the British Isles, throughout the Mediterranean Sea, and the Canary Islands. It occurs from the intertidal zone to depths of 400 m, but is most common between 20 and 60 m.

It is common in the north-western Pacific off Japan, Korea, China, and possibly the Philippines. It can be found from the shore out to a depth of 320 m on the continental shelf and upper continental slope.

It is found off the coasts of southern Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba, at depths of 200–600 m.

It is found in north-eastern and south-eastern Brazil, at depths of 400–500 m.

It inhabitant of temperate inshore waters, the pyjama shark is found off South Africa, from Table Bay off Cape Town to north of East London. It is commonly encountered in very shallow intertidal and littoral waters no more than 5 m deep, however, it can be found at depths of 50–108 m.

It inhabits the temperate and subtropical inshore waters off South Africa, from Saldanha Bay in the west to the mouth of the Tugela River in the east. It is most commonly encountered from the intertidal zone to a depth of 20 m, though it has been reported from as deep as 256 m.

It is endemic to southeastern Australia. It is a bottom-dweller that inhabits the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope, at depths of 126–554 m.

It is only found in the Arafura Sea, from the Northern Territory of Australia to the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia, at depths of 223–300 m.

It is found in the western Pacific Ocean near China and Australia, at depths of 200–450 m.

It is found off Taiwan, at depths of up to 366 m.

Its range is limited to the upper continental slope off north-western Australia, between Geraldton and Broome. It occurs at depths of 290–420 m.

It is found in the coastal waters around Tasmania, New Zealand. It typically occurs at depths of 0 to 400 m on continental and insular shelves, though it has been recorded from as far down as 673 m.

It inhabits the continental shelf of southern Australia, from the Recherche Archipelago off Western Australia to Jervis Bay in New South Wales, including Tasmania. It is commonly found on or near the bottom amongst rocky reefs or seaweed beds, from close to shore to a depth of 220 m.

It is found in eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste, at depths of 536–570 m.

It is found in the benthic zone of the South China Sea (off western Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, and Malaysia), at depths of 118–165 m.

It is found at depths of 480–700 m off north-eastern Queensland, Australia, and possibly also around nearby islands.

It is found in the western Indian Ocean near Quilon, India and Sauqira Bay, Oman, at depths of 250–500 m.

It is found only off Western Australia, from Rowley Shoals to Ashmore Reef. It inhabits the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope at depths of 150–455 m.

It inhabits waters off the south-eastern coast of New Guinea, at depths of 240–274 m.

It is restricted to the waters off the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique. It inhabits the continental shelf and upper continental slope, at depths of 40–600 m.

It is known to inhabit the north-western Pacific Ocean from Hokkaido, Japan southward to Taiwan, including the Yellow Sea. It is a bottom-dweller that inhabits rocky reefs on the continental shelf, at depths of 90–200 m.

It is found off the eastern coast of Australia, from Rockingham Bay in Queensland to Tathra in New South Wales, at depths of 115–605 m.

It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the central California coast to southern Mexico. There is an additional population off the coast of Chile. It can be found at depths of 5–457 m.

It has only been found at a depth of 444–454 m on the upper continental slope, near Flinders Reef off the Australian state of Queensland.