Smalleye catshark

Smalleye catshark
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)

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.

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