A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with investigations of its feeding ecology, generic review and identification key

• Simon Weigmann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: simon.weigmann@elasmo-lab.de

  Affiliations Elasmo-Lab, Elasmobranch Research Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany, Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4788-6630

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• Carina Julia Kaschner,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department 522, Fisheries, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, Hamburg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9809-3027

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• Ralf Thiel

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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