Species: Galeus springeri, Striped Sawtail Cat Shark, Striped Cat Shark

Galeus springeri Konstantinou & Cozzi, 1998

Striped Sawtail Cat Shark, Striped Cat Shark

Body slender, firm, thick skin; head slightly depressed; snout moderately long, pointed; no crests on skull over eyes; ridge under eye narrow to absent; nasal flaps broad, triangular, low, without barbels; no grooves from nostrils to mouth; mouth short, broadly arched; central teeth with long, narrow central cusp & a smaller cusp on each side; side teeth with smaller central cusp, 2-3 pairs of side cusps; lip furrows on both jaws, moderately long, but ending well short of front of mouth; eyes on sides of head; dorsal fins 2, equal sized; origin of 1st dorsal over end of pelvic base; origin of 2nd dorsal over to slightly before center of anal fin base; pectorals relatively large; anal fin large, elongate, its base 12.1-14.6% TL, its origin behind tip of 1st dorsal fin to midway between dorsals; top edge of tail fin with a crest of enlarged denticles, top of crest flattened, with several rows of normally shaped denticles, side-row denticles asymmetrical (& much larger than those in center-rows), project laterally, covering a band of naked skin separating crest from normal denticles on rest of tail; under tail base with a denticle crest similar to the dorsal tail crest, ends before tail fin.

Nape dark, with a pair of longitudinal dark stripes outline with white along head and nape; dark saddles along back, 2 under and on dorsal fins; tail fin with 2 dark saddles.

Reaches 53 cm

On and near the bottom

Depth range 457-824 m.

Cuba to the Leeward Islands.