McMillan's catshark

McMillan's catshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Parmaturus
Species:	P. macmillani
Binomial name
Parmaturus macmillani Hardy, 1985

McMillan's catshark, Parmaturus macmillani, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the deep waters of the lower continental slope around New Zealand. It can grow up to a length of 45 cm. It is known only from two New Zealand specimens, and three off southeastern Africa, at a depth of about 1,000m. This may be a rare species within the 1,000 to 1,500 m depth range currently being fished, or the captures at 1,000m may simply be at the shallow end of a much greater depth range. McMillan's cat shark is a small, rare and little-known deepwater shark.

See also

• List of sharks

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Parmaturus macmillani" in FishBase. May 2006 version.