Biology:Spatulasnout catshark

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Short description: Species of shark

Spatulasnout catshark
Apristurus platyrhynchus (Tanaka 1909).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
Apristurus platyrhynchus
(S. Tanaka (I), 1909)
Apristurus platyrhynchus distmap.png

The spatulasnout catshark (Apristurus platyrhynchus), also known as the Borneo catshark or flatnose catshark, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Pacific between 35°N and 1° N. Its length is up to 80 cm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2124250 entry