Humpback cat shark

Apristurus gibbosus

A humpback profile off the Pearl River mouth

Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Large

The humpback cat shark (Apristurus gibbosus) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea, from the surface to 915 m. Its length is 39–41 cm. The largest specimen examined by Nakaya and Sato was 54.2 cm TL. The humpback catshark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Ground Sharks
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Maximum length: 388 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: off Zhujiang, South China Sea (Ref. 26282 ). Presence in the Western Central Pacific is uncertain (Ref. 11146 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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