Garrick's catshark
| Apristurus garricki | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. garricki |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus garricki K. Sato, A. L. Stewart & Nakaya, 2013 | |
Garrick's catshark (Apristurus garricki) is a species of shark in the Scyliorhinidae family found in New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus garricki, is described from the waters of northern New Zealand.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ Sato, K., Stewart, A.L. & Nakaya, K. (2013). "Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Marine Biology Research 9 (8): 758–767. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.765586.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Apristurus garricki" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
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