FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1290 Sharks
Galeus gracilis Compagno and Stevens, 1993
En - Slender sawtail catshark.
Maximum total length about 34 cm. A little-known bottom-dwelling catshark of the uppermost
continental slopes at depths of 290 to 470 m. Mode of reproduction unknown. Rare and of no
commercial interest at present. Confined to the tropics of Australia, from Western Australia to
northern Queensland.
Galeus sauteri (Jordan and Richardson, 1909)
En - Blacktip sawtail catshark; Fr - Chien lime; Sp - Pintarroja rabonegro.
Maximum total length 45 cm. A little-known bottom-dwelling catshark of the continental shelves,
offshore at depths of 60 to 90 m in the Taiwan Straits, but possibly deeper elsewhere. Apparently
oviparous. Taken by bottom trawls in Taiwan Straits, but of limited interest to fisheries. Western North
Pacific off Taiwan Province of China, the Philippines, and Japan.
Galeus schultzi Springer, 1979
En - Dwarf sawtail catshark; Fr - Chien nain; Sp - Pintarroja enana.
Maximum total length about 27 cm; one of the smallest sharks. A little-known bottom-dwelling shark
of the continental slopes at depths of 329 to 431 m. Of minor interest to fisheries. Known from Luzon
(Philippines).