FIGURE 12. Bythaelurus bachi n in Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of Bythaelurus species and a key to their identification

FIGURE 12. Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., (A) paratype, ZMH 26162, female post-embryo, 120 mm TL, radiograph in total dorsal view depicting double row of enlarged dermal denticles on dorsal anterior trunk. (B–D) Paratype, ZMH 26190, female postembryo, 125 mm TL, SEM images of dermal denticles on dorsal anterior trunk showing overview of enlarged, blunt, spatulate, cross-based and small, needle-shaped dermal denticles (B) and close-ups of an enlarged, spatulate (C) and a small, needleshaped (D) dermal denticle. Scale bars: (A) 10 mm, (B–D) 100 µm.