Apristurus catsharks are also known as ghost or demon catsharks. There are about 40 identified catshark species, but the number of species in the genus is "continually increasing" due to new ...

A new species called the demon catshark has been discovered off the coast of Australia. The first found of its kind, the shark has ghostly white eyes and is likely an opportunistic hunter.

Shark expert Will White with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia's national science research agency, identified the short-tail catshark Parmaturus bigus ...

Galeus melastomus, also known as the blackmouth catshark, is a small elasmobranch distributed in the eastern Atlantic from Norway to Senegal on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes. Here ...

While the discovery of a new species it certainly exciting, keeping these fish in the sea may require some conservation measures. Because Galapagos Catshark are only found in one place on earth ...

A newly discovered species of demon catshark is found in the deep waters off Australia. By Lauren McCarthy What has long, bright white eyes, swims along the deep waters off Australia and attaches ...

Noémie Coulon at the French National Museum of Natural History subjected catshark eggs to various ocean conditions, including monthly temperature changes, in tanks in the lab. Coulon and her ...

More information: Annaïs Carbajal et al, A New Research Tool for Use in Sharks and Rays: Relevance of Reproductive Hormone Levels in the Skin of Small-Spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula ...

Researchers in Australia recently discovered a new species of demon catshark – a dusky deepwater shark with striking white eyes – by following a trail of some odd-looking eggs. Years ago, Brett Human, ...