White-bodied catshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Apristurus |
Species: | A. albisoma
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Binomial name | |
Apristurus albisoma | |
The white-bodied catshark (Apristurus albisoma) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
This shark is coloured whitish to light grey. [2]
This species is found in the western Pacific. [3] The area of occupancy of this small benthic endemic shark was presumed very limited (less than 2,000 km²), being restricted to a narrow depth band on insular and seamount slopes near New Caledonia. [2] However this species has been collected in waters of the north of New Zealand on the West Norfolk Ridge. [2]
Although this species has been classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as of least concern, there is a worry that this species may be taken as un-utilised bycatch by deepwater trawl fisheries and that, like other deepwater species, it may not be sufficiently fecund to withstand exploitation pressure in these fisheries. [1] The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the white-bodied catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [4]
White-bodied catshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Apristurus |
Species: | A. albisoma
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Binomial name | |
Apristurus albisoma | |
The white-bodied catshark (Apristurus albisoma) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
This shark is coloured whitish to light grey. [2]
This species is found in the western Pacific. [3] The area of occupancy of this small benthic endemic shark was presumed very limited (less than 2,000 km²), being restricted to a narrow depth band on insular and seamount slopes near New Caledonia. [2] However this species has been collected in waters of the north of New Zealand on the West Norfolk Ridge. [2]
Although this species has been classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as of least concern, there is a worry that this species may be taken as un-utilised bycatch by deepwater trawl fisheries and that, like other deepwater species, it may not be sufficiently fecund to withstand exploitation pressure in these fisheries. [1] The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the white-bodied catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [4]