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A deceased Small-spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) or Lesser spotted Dogfish as they're more commonly known washed up on the shore.
County Clare, Ireland.

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#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #catshark #Dogfish #shark #Ireland

@Mabelz is that a #CatShark?

Discovered in the deep: the ghost #catshark found after an egg hunt
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/discovered-in-the-deep-the-ghost-catshark-found-after-an-egg-hunt by Helen Scales

#Scientists in #Australia solve puzzle of sole egg left in #museum and identify new #DeepSea species with unique ridged egg case.

#NewSpecies of Sawtail #Catshark Discovered in #Philippines https://www.sci.news/biology/galeus-friedrichi-11433.html

#Galeus friedrichi (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae), a new sawtail catshark from the Philippines https://zenodo.org/record/7320085#.Y4n8yezMLFo

“3 of the 9 sawtail cat-#sharks discussed in the paper have only been named in the past 15 years. Many of these discoveries are #deepsea species, highlighting how much remains to be discovered in this environment, especially as #fisheries globally expand into the deep sea."

NEW SHARK DISCOVERY!
A #NewSpecies of #shark / #catshark has been described. Meet: Galeus friedrichi • A New Sawtail Catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from the Philippines. Nov 2022
Link: https://zenodo.org/record/7320085#.Y3tbWHbP1qM