Shortbelly catshark
| Shortbelly 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. breviventralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus breviventralis , & Nakaya, 2014
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The shortbelly catshark (Apristurus breviventralis) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean. This species most closely resembles the western Atlantic species Apristurus canutus, but is distinguishable in having greater nostril length than internarial width and longer claspers in adult males.[1]
References[]
- ^ Kawauchi, J., Weigmann, S. & Nakaya, K. (2014): Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa, 3881 (1): 1–16.
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Categories:
- Apristurus
- Gulf of Aden
- Taxa named by Junro Kawauchi
- Taxa named by Simon Weigmann
- Taxa named by Kazuhiro Nakaya
- Fish described in 2014
- Shark stubs