Garrick's catshark

Apristurus garricki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Carcharhiniformes
Family:Scyliorhinidae
Genus:Apristurus
Species: A. garricki
Binomial name
Apristurus garricki
K. Sato, A. L. Stewart & Nakaya, 2013

Garrick's catshark (Apristurus garricki) is a species of shark in the Scyliorhinidae family found in New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus garricki, is described from the waters of northern New Zealand.[1][2]

References

  1. Sato, K.; Stewart, A.L. & Nakaya, K. (2013). "Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Marine Biology Research. 9 (8): 758–767. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.765586.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Apristurus garricki" in FishBase. August 2014 version.


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