Flatnose cat shark

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iFlatnose cat shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: A. acanutus
Binomial name
Apristurus acanutus
Chu, Meng & Li, 1985

The flatnose cat shark, Apristurus acanutus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea, from the surface to 840 m. Its length is up to 51 cm.

The flatnose cat shark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.

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