Flatnose cat shark
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Flatnose cat shark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Apristurus |
Species: | A. acanutus |
Binomial name | |
Apristurus acanutus (invalid jr. synonym of A. platyrhynchus) (Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985) | |
The flatnose cat shark, Apristurus acanutus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea. This species is now considered a junior synonym of A. platyrhynchus.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Apristurus platyrhynchus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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