Blackgill catshark
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| Blackgill catshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. melanobranchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus melanobranchus (W. L. Y. Chan, 1966) | |
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The blackgill catshark, Parmaturus melanobranchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found only in the South China Sea, at depths of between 540 and 810 m. The maximum length of the only 3 specimens taken is 85 cm.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Parmaturus melanobranchus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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