Biology:Garrick's catshark

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Short description: Species of shark

Apristurus garricki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. garricki
Binomial name
Apristurus garricki
Sato, A. L. Stewart & Nakaya, 2013[2]

Garrick's catshark (Apristurus garricki) is a species of shark in the family Scyliorhinidae found in the waters of New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus garricki, is described from the waters of northern New Zealand.[3][4] It is named in honour of Jack Garrick.[2]

Conservation status

The IUCN Red List classifies the Garrick's catshark as being of least concern.[1]

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the Garrick's catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Apristurus garricki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T116857982A116858063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T116857982A116858063.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/116857982/116858063. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D.; Barker, Jeremy; Kortet, Salme; Freeborn, Michelle (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. 2. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. pp. 81. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805. 
  3. Sato, K.; Stewart, A.L.; Nakaya, K. (2013). "Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Marine Biology Research 9 (8): 758–767. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.765586. closed access
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Apristurus garricki" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  5. Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. pp. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs23entire.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16982212 entry