| Broadmouth Catshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. macrostomus |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus macrostomus Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1985 |
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The Broadmouth catshark, Apristurus macrostomus, is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, the holotype and only specimen of which was taken from off Zhujiang in the South China Sea at a depth of 913 m. Its length is 38 cm.
The Broadmouth catshark is oviparous.