Humpback cat shark
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The humpback cat shark, Apristurus gibbosus, is a cat shark of the family
Scyliorhinidae 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 humpback cat shark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhiniformes
The ground sharks, order Carcharhiniformes, are the largest order of sharks. With over 270 species, carcharhiniforms include a number of common types, such as the blue shark, catsharks, swellsharks, and sandbar shark....
, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
off Zhujiang, South China Sea
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around...
, from the surface to 915 m. Its length is 39-41 cm.
The humpback cat shark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.