Velvet catshark
| Velvet catshark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. lanatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus lanatus Séret & Last, 2007 | |
The velvet catshark (Parmaturus lanatus) is a recently described, deepwater catshark. It is known only from a single specimen collected off the Tanimbar Islands in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia, at a 840–855 m depth. The only known specimen, a juvenile male, measured a total of 36 cm in length.
Distribution
The shark is found in the Western Pacific. It has a depth range of depth range 840 - 855 m, making it bathydemersal.[1]
References
- ↑ "Parmaturus lamatus, Velvet catshark". FishBase. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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