The milk-eye catshark (Apristurus nakayai) is a species of shark in the family Scyliorhinidae found in Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia.[2] Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus nakayai, is described from northern New Caledonian waters.[3]

Milk-eye catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. nakayai
Binomial name
Apristurus nakayai
Iglésias, 2013

References

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  1. ^ Dulvy, N.K.; Bineesh, K.K.; Cheok, J.; Sherman, C.S.; VanderWright, J. (2020). "Apristurus nakayai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117839264A117839266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T117839264A117839266.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus nakayai". FishBase.
  3. ^ Iglésias, Samuel Paco (2013). "Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia". Cybium. 36 (4): 511–519.