Broadnose catshark

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Broadnose catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Apristurus Species: A. investigatoris
Binomial name
Apristurus investigatoris (Misra, 1962)

The broadnose catshark, Apristurus investigatoris, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae the holotype and only specimen being found in deepwater in the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean between latitudes 16° N and 10° N. Its length is 26 cm, although this is an immature specimen.

Reproduction is oviparous.

[edit] References

• "Apristurus investigatoris". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.