Slender catshark
Encyclopedia
The slender catshark, Schroederichthys tenuis, is a cat shark of the family
Scyliorhinidae found on the upper continental slope off Suriname
and the mouth of the Amazon River
at depths from 70 to 410 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Scyliorhinidae found on the upper continental slope off Suriname
Suriname
Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
and the mouth of the Amazon River
Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
at depths from 70 to 410 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.