South China catshark

Taxobox
name = South China catshark
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Apristurus"
species = "A. sinensis"
binomial = "Apristurus sinensis"
binomial_authority = Chu & Hu, 1981

The South China catshark, "Apristurus sinensis", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae known only from the holotype which was taken from the South China Sea at a depth of 537 m. Its length is 42 cm, but this is an immature specimen.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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