Houndsharks

It occurs in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean, from the temperate continental waters of Coos Bay, Oregon, to the tropical waters of Mazatlán, Mexico, including the Gulf of California, from the intertidal zone to a depth of 91 m.

It occurs from the southern Russian Far East to Taiwan, including Japan, Korea, and eastern China. It is found over continental and insular shelves, mostly close to shore, but also to a depth of 150 m.

It is limited to the coastal waters of southern Africa, from southern Angola to the Eastern Cape in South Africa, from the surf zone to depths of 50 m.

It is found on the continental shelves in the eastern Pacific, from the Galapagos Islands and Peru southwards to the north of Chile, between latitudes 0° and 30° S.

Only two specimens have been found, both in the coastal waters of Ecuador.

It is found in the waters off Natal and the north-eastern Cape in South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean between 27°S and 33°S.

It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to South Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands, at depths of 5–625 m.

It is found in Gulf of California, off the coast of Mexico, at depths of 30–281 m.

It is found in Eastern Indian Ocean (Myanmar, Thailand, and Andaman Sea), at depths of 50–100 m.

It is found mostly as a bottom-dwelling species in the waters around southern Australia, from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Port Stephens in New South Wales, including the island of Tasmania and the Bass Strait, from the surface down to a depth of 350 m.

It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, from off southern Norway, Scotland, and the North Sea southwards to Algeria, Morocco, and off the Western Sahara. It occurs on the continental shelf and around islands at depths to at least 200 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean, from northern California to the Gulf of California (between 40°N and 23°N), usually in waters less than 80 m deep.

It is found off the Atlantic coast of the United States (from Massachusetts to Florida), around Bermuda, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and off the coasts of southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. It occasionally reaches the coasts of southern Canada. It occurs at depths of 18–200 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to Peru between latitudes 20°N and 5°S.

It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical south-western Atlantic from southern Brazil to northern Argentina between latitudes 30° S and 47° S, from the surface to 250 m.

It is found in the temperate and tropical Pacific Ocean between 40°N and 11°N, off the coast of Vietnam, Japan, China and Taiwan, and possibly the Philippines. It occurs on the continental shelf and in semi-enclosed areas of sea from the surface to a depth of 300 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Pacific, from northern California to the Gulf of California, as well as Ecuador and Peru between latitudes 43° N and 18° S, from the surface to depths of 266 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the western Atlantic, from the coast of the Florida Peninsula (United States) to southern Brazil, between latitudes 11° N and 36° S, from the surface to a depth of 900 m.

It is found on the continental shelves and in estuaries around New Zealand, from the surface to a depth of 840 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from California (United States) to Panama, between 33°N and 7°N, at depths of 10–94 m.

It is found around the coastal waters of the north-western Pacific Ocean, ranging from southern Russia in the north to Brunei in the south, but some are also found in the coastal waters of Kenya in Africa.

It is found off the Pacific coast of South America, including the Galapagos Islands and the Juan Fernández Islands. Its range extends from the Isla Lobos de Tierra in Peru to the southern tip of Chile. It is a demersal fish and swims close to the seabed on the continental shelf at depths of 16–50 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical western central Atlantic, off the coast of South America between Cabo de la Vela, Colombia and Rio Caribe, Venezuela, at depths of 70–180 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka, between latitudes 30 and 7°N, at depths of 20–250 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical western Atlantic, from Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela, and also southern Brazil, between latitudes 32° N and 36° S, from the surface to a depth of 100 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the southeast Atlantic from Namibia around South Africa, between latitudes 17° S and 36° S, from the surface to a depth of 440 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Atlantic from the Mediterranean to the Western Sahara, between latitudes 45 and 20°N, from the surface to a depth of 250 m.

It is found in continental shelves, particularly the north-west shelf off Western Australia, and usually at depths of 106–300 m.

It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical south-western Atlantic Ocean, from southern Brazil to northern Argentina, between latitudes 30° S and 44° S, at depths of 60–195 m.

It is endemic to the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from off Panama City, Florida, to the Bay of Campeche, at depths of 20–250 m.

It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean, from north-western Australia to southern Indonesia, and in the Andaman Sea. It occurs on the outer continental shelf and upper slope mainly at depths of 96–735 m.

It is found in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Chile, between 1°N and 45°S, at depth of 16–211 m.

It is found in the Bali and Indonesia areas of the Western Pacific.

It is found in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea; Southwest Atlantic, between Patagonia and southern Brazil, and around the coasts of Namibia and South Africa; in the Northeast Pacific between British Columbia and Baja California; and in the Southeast Pacific off Chile and Peru; as well as along the southern coasts of Australia, including Tasmania, and New Zealand. It inhabits temperate waters, down to depths around 800 m.

It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelves in the western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to south-western India, between latitudes 30° N and 10° N, at depths of 110–2,200 m.

It is found in the western Pacific off northern Australia and Vanuatu, between latitudes 9° S and 26° S, at depths of 250–475 m.

It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelf in the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to Japan, at depths of 40–230 m.

It is found in the western central Pacific, in the Coral Sea off Queensland and in the waters off New Caledonia, at depths of 200–400 m.

It is found in the western Pacific from the Ryukyu Islands to the Philippines and Taiwan.

It is endemic to Western Australia. The holotype was collected from a depth of 150 m.

It is a tropical houndshark, known from the eastern Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, in the Indian Ocean.

It is endemic to the north-western Pacific Ocean, occurring off southern Japan, the South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, and China. It is demersal on the continental shelf from inshore areas to around 100 m depth.

It is found only in the tropical waters of the Philippines between latitudes 20° N and 5° N. It inhabits coastal areas at depths of up to 48 m.

It is endemic to Australia, it inhabits temperate continental shelf waters from the North West Cape in Western Australia to Wynyard in Tasmania. It is found close to the bottom at depths to 220 m.

It is found in the deep waters of continental shelf off northern Papua New Guinea. Only one specimen has been found, at a depth of 73 m.