| Velvet catshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. lanatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus lanatus Séret & Last, 2007 |
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The velvet catshark (Parmaturus lanatus) is a type of deep-water bathydemersal shark in the Western Pacific waters near Indonesia and has been seen at depths of 840-855m.[1] Little else is known about the velvet catshark.