Milk-eye catshark
Apristurus nakayai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Apristurus |
Species: | A. nakayai
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Binomial name | |
Apristurus nakayai , 2013
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The milk-eye catshark (Apristurus nakayai) [1] is a species of shark in the family Scyliorhinidae found in Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia. Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus nakayai, is described from northern New Caledonian waters.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Milk-eye catshark". Fishbase. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Apristurus
- Fish of New Caledonia
- Endemic fauna of New Caledonia
- Taxa named by Samuel Paco Iglésias
- Fish described in 2013
- Shark stubs