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Quagga Catshark Halaelurus quagga

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13635/
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161625/109913019
http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T161625A109913019.en.
 
Title Quagga Catshark
Halaelurus quagga
 
Creator Ebert, David A
Tesfamichael, Dawit
Valinassab, Tooraj
Akhilesh, K V
 
Subject Shark fisheries
Conservation
 
Description The Quagga Catshark (Halaelurus quagga) is a poorly-known catshark recorded from very few
specimens. It has a fragmented known distribution occurring off southwestern India, and around the
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen).
This small shark (reaching ~37 cm total length) occurs at depths of 54-300 m, but appears to be a mostly
deep-water species. The development of intense deep-sea bottom trawl fishing off southwestern India
where the species is most likely to be taken as bycatch is a concern. Its small size means that it would be
discarded at sea, but survivorship would be low. There are currently no deep-sea fishing activities
around the Socotra Archipelago. Declines off southwestern India are suspected, but the extent to which
fishing is affecting the species there is not known. Despite some concern, the species is assessed as Data
Deficient, with a urgent need to assess bycatch rates in the Indian deep-sea shrimp trawl fishery.
 
Publisher International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13635/1/IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%202017_Quagga%20Catshark%2C%20Halaelurus%20quagga.pdf
Ebert, David A and Tesfamichael, Dawit and Valinassab, Tooraj and Akhilesh, K V (2017) Quagga Catshark Halaelurus quagga. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018.