Broadgill catshark

Taxobox
name = Broadgill 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. riveri"
binomial = "Apristurus riveri"
binomial_authority = Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944The broadgill catshark, "Apristurus riveri", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Cuba, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and Panama, between latitudes 30° N and 9° N, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to 46 cm.

The broadgill catshark has a relatively slender, moderately long, narrow snout and relatively narrow, low caudal fin. The first to third gill openings are as long as the distance between the nostrils. It is found on the continental slopes. There is sexual dimorphism in adults, unusually well-developed.

Coloration is dark brown.

The broadgill catshark is oviparous, probably one egg per oviduct laid at a time.

ee also

* List of sharks

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