Flathead catshark
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| Flathead catshark | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. macrorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus macrorhynchus (S. Tanaka (I), 1909) | |
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| Range of the Flathead catshark (in blue) | |
The flathead catshark, Apristurus macrorhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in deep water in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus macrorhynchus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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