Longnose catshark

The longnose catshark is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This shark is found in the eastern central Pacific from central and southern California and the Gulf of California, between latitudes 38° N and 23° N, at depths down to 1,890. Its length is up to 58 cm.

Etymology

The catshark is named in honor of Elizabeth Kampa Boden, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who was chief scientist aboard RV Argos, from which the type specimen was collected.