Atlantic ghost catshark

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Atlantic ghost catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Apristurus Species: A. atlanticus
Binomial name
Apristurus atlanticus (Koefoed, 1927)

The Atlantic ghost catshark, Apristurus atlanticus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only from the Canary Islands. The only specimen, and holotype, was taken from 1,365 m. Its length is 25 cm.

The Atlantic ghost catshark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] References

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