Black roughscale catshark
| Black roughscale catshark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. melanoasper |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004 | |
The black roughscale catshark (Apristurus melanoasper) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found at the northwest Atlantic continental shelf at depths between 510 and 1,520 m. It can grow up to 76 cm (30 in).[2]
References
- ↑ C. McCormack & S. Iglésias (2007). "Apristurus melanoasper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus melanoasper" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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