South China catshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Apristurus |
Species: | A. sinensis |
Binomial name | |
Apristurus sinensis Y. T. Chu & A. S. Hu, 1981 |
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The South China catshark, Apristurus sinensis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae known only from the holotype which was taken from the South China Sea at a depth of 537 m. Its length is 42 cm, but this is an immature specimen.
Reproduction is oviparous.