Smallbelly catshark

Taxobox
name = Smallbelly catshark
status =
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Apristurus"
species = "A. indicus"
binomial = "Apristurus indicus"
binomial_authority = (Brauer, 1906)

The smallbelly catshark, "Apristurus indicus", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Indian Ocean from Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and Oman, at depths of between 1,300 and 1,840 m. Its length is up to 34 cm, although this measurement is of an immature specimen.

The poorly known smallbelly catshark is found on continental slopes, probably caught with bottom trawls.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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