Largenose catshark
| Largenose catshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. nasutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus nasutus F. de Buen, 1959 | |
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The largenose catshark (Apristurus nasutus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The largenose catshark is found on the upper continental slopes in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Panama to Ecuador and central Chile, between 9°N and 28°S. It can grow up to 70 cm. Its reproduction is oviparous.
References
- ↑ Huveneers, C., Duffy, C. & Acuña, E. 2004. Apristurus nasutus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44573A10921377. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44573A10921377.en. Downloaded on 14 September 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus nasutus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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