South China catshark

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South China catshark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: A. sinensis
Binomial name
Apristurus sinensis
Chu & Hu, 1981


The South China catshark, Apristurus sinensis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae known only from the holotype which was taken from the South China Sea at a depth of 537 m. Its length is 42 cm, but this is an immature specimen.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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