The longnose catshark (Apristurus kampae) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This shark is found in the eastern central Pacific from central and southern California and the Gulf of California, between latitudes 38° N and 23° N, at depths down to 1,890. Its length is up to 58 cm.[2]
| Longnose catshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. kampae
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus kampae L. R. Taylor, 1972
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Etymology
editThe catshark is named in honor of Elizabeth Kampa Boden (1922–1986), of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who was chief scientist aboard RV Argos, from which the type specimen was collected.[3]
References
edit- ^ Huveneers, C.; Duffy, C.A.J.; Cordova, J.; Ebert, D.A. (2015). "Apristurus kampae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T44215A80671609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44215A80671609.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Longnose Catshark". Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus kampae". FishBase. July 2006 version.
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