Campeche catshark

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Campeche catshark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Parmaturus
Species: P. campechiensis
Binomial name
Parmaturus campechiensis
Springer, 1979

The campeche catshark, Parmaturus campechiensis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found only in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico, between latitudes 21° N and 18° N, at depths down to 1,100 m. The length of the immature holotype is 16 cm.

The campeche catshark is found on the continental slope.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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