Vocabulary

salamander shark (Parmaturus pilosus)

Parmaturus (genus of catsharks)

Scyliorhinus (genus of catsharks)

cloudy catshark (Scyliorhinus torazame, species found from Japan and Korea to Taiwan)

Izu cat shark (Scyliorhinus tokubee)

weak rain

telephone appointment; arranging meetings and appointments in advance by phone

boa catshark (Scyliorhinus boa)

small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula, species found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

chain catshark (Scyliorhinus retifer, species found in the Western Atlantic)

polkadot catshark (Scyliorhinus besnardi, species from northern Uruguay)

Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks)

draughtsboard shark (species of catshark endemic to New Zealand, Cephaloscyllium isabellum)

swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, species of catshark in the Eastern Pacific)

Australian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps, species of catshark which inhabits the continental shelf of southern Australia)

Indian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium silasi)

balloon shark (Cephaloscyllium sufflans)

reticulated swellshark (Cephaloscyllium fasciatum)

Apristurus (genus of catsharks)

Spatulasnout catshark (Apristurus platyrhynchus); Borneo catshark

flathead catshark (Apristurus macrorhynchus, species from Japan and Taiwan)

longhead catshark (Apristurus longicephalus, an Indo-West Pacific species)

longfin catshark (Apristurus herklotsi, a Western Pacific species)

Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus, found in Chiba Prefecture and the East China Sea)

deep-water catshark (Apristurus profundorum)

smallfin catshark (Apristurus parvipinnis, species of the western Atlantic)

broadgill catshark (Apristurus riveri)

Iceland catshark (Apristurus laurussonii)

telegraph key (switching device used to send Morse code)

Galeus (genus of catsharks)

longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)

blacktip sawtail catshark (Galeus sauteri, found in Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines)

broadfin sawtail catshark (Galeus nipponensis)

gecko catshark (Galeus eastmani, found in the Western Pacific)

blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus, found in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

blackspotted catshark (Halaelurus buergeri, found in the Northwest Pacific)

Halaelurus (genus of catsharks)

New Zealand catshark (Bythaelurus dawsoni, species endemic to New Zealand)

Schroederichthys (genus of catshark)

slender catshark (Schroederichthys tenuis, found off Suriname and Brazil)