Black roughscale catshark
Black roughscale catshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Apristurus |
Species: | A. melanoasper |
Binomial name | |
Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004 | |
The black roughscale catshark, Apristurus melanoasper, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found at the northwest Atlantic continental shelf at depths between 510 and 1,520 m. It can grow up to 76 cm (30 in).[2]
References
- ↑ C. McCormack & S. Iglésias (2007). "Apristurus melanoasper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus melanoasper" in FishBase. July 2006 version.