Smallfin catshark

Smallfin catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: A. parvipinnis
Binomial name
Apristurus parvipinnis
S. Springer & Heemstra, 1979

The smallfin catshark (Apristurus parvipinnis) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the western Atlantic at depths between 635 and 1,115 m. Its length is up to 48 cm.

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