Apristurus aphyodes

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Apristurus aphyodes
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: A. aphyodes
Binomial name
Apristurus aphyodes
Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998

Apristurus aphyodes, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57° N and 58° N.

The little-known Apristurus aphyodes has a slender and cylindrical body. Dermal denticles from the dorsolateral side of the body are small and erect.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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