Humpback catshark

Humpback cat shark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Apristurus
Species:	A. gibbosus
Binomial name
Apristurus gibbosus Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985
File:Apristurus gibbosus distmap.png

The humpback cat shark (Apristurus gibbosus) is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea, from the surface to 915 m. Its length is 39-41 cm. The largest specimen examined by Nakaya and Sato was 54.2 cm TL. The humpback catshark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.

See also

• List of sharks

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apristurus gibbosus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.