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title: "Filetail Catshark"
description: "Parmaturus xaniurus — Ryby. The filetail catshark (Parmaturus xaniurus) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/filetail-catshark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Filetail Catshark

> Parmaturus xaniurus — Ryby. The filetail catshark (Parmaturus xaniurus) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.

- Scientific name: *Parmaturus xaniurus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3
- Wikidata: [Q2709696](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2709696)
- iNaturalist taxon: [108798](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108798)

## Names

- en: Filetail Catshark
- de: Feilschwanz-Katzenhai
- es: Pejegato lima

## Summary

The filetail catshark (Parmaturus xaniurus) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is an Eastern Pacific endemic deepwater catshark ranging along the west coast of North America from Washington to the Gulf of California. Its name refers to the toothlike projections on its skin. Nothing was known of its abundance or population structure as of 2003, but it was reported to be fairly common, being one of the most commonly encountered cartilaginous fishes in the annual West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey from 2003 to 2011. 
Adults are epibenthic and found…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filetail_catshark

## Photo

![Filetail Catshark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/filetail-catshark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Unknown · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108798

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/filetail-catshark?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).