Longfin catshark

Longfin catshark

Taxobox
name = Longfin catshark
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Apristurus"
species = "A. herklotsi"
binomial = "Apristurus herklotsi"
binomial_authority = (Fowler, 1934)

The longfin catshark, "Apristurus herklotsi", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific from Japan, the Philippines, East and South China seas, and the Kyūshū-Palau Ridge, at depths of between 530 and 865 m. Its length is up to 48 cm.

The longfin catshark is a poorly known deep-water bottom shark.

Coloration is brownish without conspicuous markings.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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