Largenose catshark
The largenose catshark (Apristurus nasutus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The largenose catshark is found on the upper continental slopes in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Panama to Ecuador and central Chile, between 9°N and 28°S. It can grow up to 70 cm. Its reproduction is oviparous. This nose shark is considered to be a harmless species. It is known to originate from the Gulf of Panama, Ecuador, and Central Chile.
| Largenose catshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. nasutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus nasutus F. de Buen, 1959 | |
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Parasites of the largenose catshark, studied off Chile, include Monogeneans, Cestodes, and Nematodes.[2]
References
- Huveneers, C., Duffy, C. & Acuña, E. 2004. Apristurus nasutus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44573A10921377. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44573A10921377.en. Downloaded on 14 September 2017.
- Espínola-Novelo, Juan F.; Escribano, Rubén; Oliva, Marcelo E. (2018). "Metazoan parasite communities of two deep-sea elasmobranchs: the southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, and the largenose catshark, Apristurus nasutus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean". Parasite. 25: 53. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018054. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6244290. PMID 30457552.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus nasutus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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