Galbraith's catshark

Galbraith's catshark is an undescribed species of soft-bodied catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae with only one known specimen found.

Description

The shark is elongated in appearance. It has a relatively short snout. The anal fin is relatively short and the pectoral fins are low down. On its ventral snout, there are oval-shaped series of ampullae of Lorenzini. The shark is uniformly brown.
The specimen caught was long.

Distribution and habitat

The species lives in very deep water, the only specimen was caught at the Bear Seamount in the north-western Atlantic Ocean at a depth of.

Similar species

It is most similar to the black roughscale catshark, but Galbraith's catshark is smaller, the anal fin is shorter, the shape is different and the denticles are of different sizes.