Broadmouth cat shark

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Broadmouth catshark
Conservation status
Data deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: A. macrostomus
Binomial name
Apristurus macrostomus
Meng, Chu & Li, 1985

The broadmouth catshark, Apristurus macrostomus, is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, the holotype and only specimen of which was taken from off Zhujiang in the South China Sea at a depth of 913 m. Its length is 38 cm.

The broadmouth catshark is oviparous.

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