Blackgill catshark
| Blackgill catshark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| 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 deepwater catshark known from very few specimens, found on or near the bottom on the continental slope, at 540-835 m off the coasts of China and Japan. Specimens can attain a total length of at least 85 cm, but nothing else is known of its biology. This shark is a potential bycatch of deepwater bottom trawl fisheries operating within its range, but no specific information is available.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Parmaturus melanobranchus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.