Biology:Humpback catshark
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Short description: Species of shark
| Humpback cat shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. gibbosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus gibbosus Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985
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The humpback cat shark (Apristurus gibbosus) is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae 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.
References
- ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44211/124430426. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus gibbosus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1951328 entry
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