Species: Galeus springeri, Striped Sawtail Cat Shark, Striped Cat Shark
back & Ds: dark saddles

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.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Antilles endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 53
- Depth Range Min
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- 457
- Depth Range Max
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- 824