Largenose catshark
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Apristurus nasutus de Buen, 1959 |
The largenose catshark, Apristurus nasutus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the upper continental slopes in the eastern Pacific from the Gulf of Panama, Ecuador and central Chile, between latitudes 9° N and 28° S. Its length is up to 70 cm.
Reproduction is oviparous.
[edit] References
- "Apristurus nasutus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.