The salamander shark or salamander catshark (Parmaturus pilosus)is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species inhabits a range from Japan and the East China Sea, on the upper to middle continental slope at depths of 358–895 m. Specimens of this species can attain a total length of at least 64 cm. This catshark is a potential bycatch of trawl fisheries operating within its range, but no details are available. There are high levels of squalene in this catshark's liver. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. pilosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus pilosus Garman, 1906
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References
edit- ^ Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Parmaturus pilosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161581A124510063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161581A124510063.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parmaturus pilosus". FishBase. July 2006 version.
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