Largenose catshark
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Species: | A. nasutus
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Apristurus nasutus F. de Buen, 1959
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The largenose catshark (Apristurus nasutus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The largenose catshark is found on the upper continental slopes in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Panama to Ecuador and central Chile, between 9°N and 28°S. It can grow up to 70 cm. Its reproduction is oviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus nasutus". FishBase. July 2006 version.