Atlantic ghost catshark
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| Apristurus atlanticus (Koefoed, 1927) |
The Atlantic ghost catshark, Apristurus atlanticus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only from the Canary Islands. The only specimen, and holotype, was taken from 1,365 m. Its length is 25 cm.
The Atlantic ghost catshark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.
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- "Apristurus atlanticus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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