Milk-eye catshark
| Milk-eye catshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. nakayai |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 | |
The milk-eye catshark (Apristurus nakayai) is a species of shark in the family Scyliorhinidae found in Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia.[2] Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus nakayai, is described from northern New Caledonian waters.[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Milk-eye catshark.
- ^ Dulvy, N.K.; Bineesh, K.K.; Cheok, J.; Sherman, C.S.; VanderWright, J. (2020). "Apristurus nakayai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117839264A117839266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T117839264A117839266.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus nakayai". FishBase.
- ^ Iglésias, Samuel Paco (2013). "Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia". Cybium. 36 (4): 511–519.
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