White-clasper catshark
The white-clasper catshark (Parmaturus albipenis) is a recently described deepwater catshark, known only from a single specimen collected from northern New Caledonia at a depth of 688–732 m. The only known specimen, an adult male, measured a total of 41.5 cm in length.
| White-clasper catshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. albipenis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus albipenis Séret & Last, 2007 | |
References
- Finucci, B., Kyne, P.M. & Valenti, S.V. 2018. Parmaturus albipenis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T161726A116740015. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161726A116740015.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2018.
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