McMillan's catshark
| McMillan's catshark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. macmillani |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus macmillani Hardy, 1985 | |
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McMillan's catshark, Parmaturus macmillani, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the deep waters of the lower continental slope around New Zealand. It can grow up to a length of 45 cm. It is known only from two New Zealand specimens, and three off southeastern Africa, at a depth of about 1,000 m. This may be a rare species within the 1,000 to 1,500 m depth range currently being fished, or the captures at 1,000 m may simply be at the shallow end of a much greater depth range. McMillan's cat shark is a small, rare and little-known deepwater shark.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Parmaturus macmillani" in FishBase. May 2006 version.