McMillan's cat shark

McMillan's cat shark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Parmaturus
Species: P. macmillani
Binomial name
Parmaturus macmillani
Hardy, 1985

McMillan's cat shark, Parmaturus macmillani, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in deep water on the lower continental slope around New Zealand. Its length is up to 45 cm.

McMillan's cat shark is a small, rare and little-known deepwater shark.

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