Smalleye catshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Apristurus |
Species: | A. microps |
Binomial name | |
Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922) |
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The smalleye catshark, Apristurus microps, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the southeast Atlantic at depths of between 700 and 2,000 m. Its length is up to 61 cm.
Reproduction is oviparous.