Humpback catshark
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.
| Humpback cat shark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. gibbosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus gibbosus Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985 | |
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References
- Duffy, C. & Huveneers, C. 2004. Apristurus gibbosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44211A10872142. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44211A10872142.en. Downloaded on 13 September 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus gibbosus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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