 Filetail catshark

The filetail catshark ("Parmaturus xaniurus") is an Eastern Pacific endemic deepwater catshark ranging from Oregon to the Gulf of California.Adults are epibenthic and found near areas of rocky vertical relief over soft mud bottoms on the outer continental shelf and upper slope at depths of 91 to 1,251 m, juveniles are mesopelagic, found around 500 m off the bottom in waters over 1,000 m deep.