White ghost catshark
The white ghost catshark (Apristurus aphyodes) is a shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N. A deep-water catshark known from the eastern North Atlantic from depths of 1,014 to 1,800 m, it is known from only a limited number of specimens. It reaches a maximum of 54 cm total length, but little known of its biology.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. aphyodes |
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| Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 | |
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| Distribution (in blue; click to enlarge) | |
References
- Walls, R. 2015. Apristurus aphyodes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44207A48925828. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T44207A48925828.en. Downloaded on 11 September 2017.
External links
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus aphyodes" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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