Humpback catshark

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The humpback cat shark (Apristurus gibbosus) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea, from the surface to 915 m. Its length is 39–41 cm. The largest specimen examined by Nakaya and Sato was 54.2 cm TL. The humpback catshark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.

Humpback catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. gibbosus
Binomial name
Apristurus gibbosus

References

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  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Chen, X.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Zhang, J. (2020). "Apristurus gibbosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44211A124430426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44211A124430426.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.