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Pentanchidae
Spongehead catshark
Apristurus spongiceps
Across open ocean between Banda Sea and Hawaii
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Elongated
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumSpongehead catshark is a marine fish recorded from the open ocean. A concise clue to the species is: Across open ocean between Banda Sea and Hawaii.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Ground Sharks
- Family
- Pentanchidae
- Genus
- Apristurus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Pacific Ocean: Banda Sea off southern Sulawesi and the Hawaiian Islands.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
Water
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