Spotless catshark

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Spotless catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Halaelurus Species: H. immaculatus
Binomial name
Halaelurus immaculatus Chu & Meng, 1982

The spotless catshark, Halaelurus immaculatus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, only known from the South China Sea about 380 to 400 km east of Hainan Island, at depths of between 535 and 1,020 m on the continental slope. Its length is up to 71 cm.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] References

• "Halaelurus immaculatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.