McMillan's catshark
| McMillan's catshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. macmillani |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus macmillani Hardy, 1985 | |
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McMillan's catshark (Parmaturus macmillani) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the deep waters of the lower continental slope around New Zealand. It can grow up to a length of 45 cm. It is known only from two New Zealand specimens, and three off southeastern Africa, at a depth of about 1,000m. This may be a rare species within the 1,000 to 1,500 m depth range currently being fished, or the captures at 1,000m may simply be at the shallow end of a much greater depth range. McMillan's cat shark is a small, rare and little-known deepwater shark.
References
- ↑ Paul, L. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003). 2003. Parmaturus macmillani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T41845A10578596. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T41845A10578596.en. Downloaded on 28 September 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Parmaturus macmillani" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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