Hoary catshark
| Hoary 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. canutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus canutus S. Springer & , 1979
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The hoary catshark (Apristurus canutus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic in the Caribbean, at depths between 521 and 915 m (1,709 and 3,002 ft). Its length is up to 45.5 cm (17.9 in). The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
References[]
- ^ Kyne, P.M.; Crysler, Z.; Herman, K. (2020). "Apristurus canutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44572A124433268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44572A124433268.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Apristurus canutus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Apristurus
- Fish of the Caribbean
- Fish of the Dominican Republic
- Taxa named by Stewart Springer
- Taxa named by Phillip C. Heemstra
- Fish described in 1979