Milk-eye catshark
| Apristurus nakayai | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. nakayai |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 | |
The milk-eye catshark (Apristurus nakayai) [1] is a species of shark in the Scyliorhinidae family found in Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia. Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus nakayai, is described from northern New Caledonian waters. [2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Milk-eye catshark". Fishbase. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Iglésias, Samuel Paco (2013). "Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia". Cybium 36 (4): 511–519.
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Milk-eye catshark |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, December 14, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.