Smalleye catshark
| Smalleye catshark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. microps |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922) | |
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The smalleye catshark, Apristurus microps, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the southeast Atlantic at depths between 700 and 2,000 m. It can grow up to 61 cm. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus microps" in FishBase. July 2006 version.