Pentanchidae

Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes.^[1] The deepwater catsharks are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.^[2]

Pentanchidae
Pentanchus profundicolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Superorder:	Galeomorphi
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Suborder:	Carcharhinoidei
Family:	Pentanchidae H. M. Smith, 1912
Species
see text

Genera

Pentanchidae contains the following genera:^[3]

• Apristurus Garman, 1913
• Asymbolus Whitley, 1939
• Bythaelurus Compagno, 1988
• Cephalurus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1941
• Figaro Whitley 1928
• Galeus Rafinesque, 1810
• Halaelurus Gill, 1862
• Haploblepharus Garman 1913
• Holohalaelurus Fowler, 1934
• Parmaturus Garman, 1906
• Pentanchus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe in H. M. Smith, 1912