Broadgill catshark

Broadgill catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Apristurus
Species:	A. riveri
Binomial name
Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944

Template:Sharksportal The broadgill catshark, Apristurus riveri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Cuba, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and Panama, between latitudes 30° N and 9° N, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to 46 cm.

The broadgill catshark has a relatively slender, moderately long, narrow snout and relatively narrow, low caudal fin. The first to third gill openings are as long as the distance between the nostrils. It is found on the continental slopes. There is sexual dimorphism in adults, unusually well-developed.

Coloration is dark brown.

The broadgill catshark is oviparous, probably one egg per oviduct laid at a time.

See also

• List of sharks

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus riveri". FishBase. July 2006 version.