Broadmouth cat shark

Taxobox
name = Broadmouth catshark
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = Apristurus
species = "A. macrostomus"
binomial = "Apristurus macrostomus"
binomial_authority = Meng, Chu & Li, 1985The broadmouth catshark, "Apristurus macrostomus", is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, the holotype and only specimen of which was taken from off Zhujiang in the South China Sea at a depth of 913 m. Its length is 38 cm. The broadmouth catshark is oviparous.

ee also

* List of sharks

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