Shorttail catshark

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name = Shorttail catshark
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Parmaturus"
species = Undescribed species A
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The shorttail catshark, "Parmaturus" sp. A, is an undescribed cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, the only specimen known having been found off the coast of Queensland on a deepwater plateau at 590 m. Its length is 72 cm. The extremely rare shorttail catshark has a soft flabby body with a velvety skin. It has a long pointed snout, small gill slits, large triangular anterior nasal flaps, and ridges under the eyes. There are crests of saw-like denticles along the top of the tail and also below. The first dorsal fin is smaller than the second.

Coloration is pale yellowish-brown above, lighter below, with all fins having paler margins.

Reproduction is oviparous.

ee also

* List of sharks

References

* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks", Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006 ISBN 0-00-721986-5
* Kyne, P.M. & Cavanagh, R.D. 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/42718/all Parmaturus sp. nov. A] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.