Spatulasnout catshark

Spatulasnout catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: A. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
Apristurus platyrhynchus
(S. Tanaka (I), 1909)

The spatulasnout catshark or Borneo catshark (Apristurus platyrhynchus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Pacific between 35°N and 1° N. Its length is up to 80 cm.

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