Species: Galeus springeri, Striped sawtail catshark, Striped Cat Shark

Galeus springeri  Konstantinou & Cozzi, 1998

Striped sawtail catshark    

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.