Longhead catshark

Taxobox
name = Longhead catshark
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Scyliorhinidae
genus = "Apristurus"
species = "A. longicephalus"
binomial = "Apristurus longicephalus"
binomial_authority = Nakaya, 1975

The longhead catshark, "Apristurus longicephalus", is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the Indo-West Pacific from the Seychelles, Japan, the East China Sea, the Philippines, Australia, New Caledonia, and Mozambique, between latitudes 39° N and 22° S, at depths of between 680 and 900 m. Its length is up to 60 cm.

The little-known longhead catshark inhabits deep water, probably near the bottom. This species is the first record of a cartilaginous fish manifesting rudimentary hermaphroditism.

Reproduction is oviparous.

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