Pale catshark

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Pale catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Apristurus Species: A. sibogae
Binomial name
Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913)

The pale catshark, Apristurus sibogae, is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, the holotype and only specimen of which was taken from the western central Pacific from the Makassar Strait slope between Borneo and Sulawesi at a depth of 655 m. Its length is 21 cm, although this is a juvenile specimen.

The pale catshark is oviparous.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] References

• "Apristurus sibogae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.