Atlantic ghost catshark

Taxobox
name = Atlantic ghost catshark
status = DD
status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = Apristurus
species = "A. atlanticus"
binomial = "Apristurus atlanticus"
binomial_authority = (Koefoed, 1927)The Atlantic ghost catshark, "Apristurus atlanticus", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only from the Canary Islands. The only specimen, and holotype, was taken from 1,365 m. Its length is 25 cm. The Atlantic ghost catshark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.

ee also

* List of sharks

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