Shortnose demon catshark

Shortnose demon catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. internatus
Binomial name
Apristurus internatus

The shortnose demon catshark (Apristurus internatus) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is found only in deep water in the East China Sea. Its length is up to 40 cm.[2] A. internatus is known only from the holotype (a 49.1-cm-total length female) and a paratype (a 40.3-cm male), both caught in the East China Sea, probably taken as bycatch in deepwater trawl fisheries. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rigby, C.L., Chen, X., Ebert, D.A., Herman, K., Ho, H., Hsu, H. & Zhang, J. (2020). "Apristurus internatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T44213A124430584.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus internatus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
  • Nakaya, K. and K. Sato, 1999. Species grouping within the genus Apristurus (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae). p. 307-320 In Séret B. & J.-Y. Sire [eds]. Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997.