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The '''blackgill catshark''', ''Parmaturus melanobranchus'', is a [[cat shark]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Scyliorhinidae]], found only in the [[South China Sea]], at depths of between 540 and 810 m. The maximum length of the only 3 specimens taken is 85 cm. |
The '''blackgill catshark''', ''Parmaturus melanobranchus'', is a [[cat shark]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Scyliorhinidae]], found only in the [[South China Sea]], at depths of between 540 and 810 m. The maximum length of the only 3 specimens taken is 85 [[centimetre|cm]]. |
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The blackgill catshark is a poorly known deep-water bottom-dwelling catshark found on mud bottoms of the upper [[continental slope]]s. |
The blackgill catshark is a poorly known deep-water bottom-dwelling catshark found on mud bottoms of the upper [[continental slope]]s. |
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Template:Sharksportal The blackgill catshark, Parmaturus melanobranchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found only in the South China Sea, at depths of between 540 and 810 m. The maximum length of the only 3 specimens taken is 85 cm.
The blackgill catshark is a poorly known deep-water bottom-dwelling catshark found on mud bottoms of the upper continental slopes.
Coloration is light brown with distal parts and anterior margins of fins, snout, nostrils, and gills blackish brown in young, possibly uniform blackish brown in adults.
Reproduction is oviparous.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parmaturus melanobranchus". FishBase. July 2006 version.
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