Broadgill catshark
| Broadgill catshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. riveri
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus riveri | |
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The broadgill catshark (Apristurus riveri) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, between 30°N and 9° N, on the continental slopes at depths between 700 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to 46 cm. The reproduction of the broadgill catshark is oviparous.
References[]
- ^ Kyne, P.M.; Herman, K.; Derrick, D. (2020). "Apristurus riveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44639A124436246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44639A124436246.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Apristurus riveri" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Apristurus
- Fish of the Gulf of Mexico
- Fish of the Caribbean
- Fish of the Dominican Republic
- Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow
- Taxa named by William Charles Schroeder
- Fish described in 1944
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