Description

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Common Names

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قِرش قِطّ كبير الأنف , Arabic , Saudi Arabia

Grootsnuitkathaai , Dutch , Netherlands

Largenose cat shark , English , South Africa

Largenose catshark , English , Global

Suurnina-musthai , Estonian , Estonia

Holbiche cyrano , French , Global

Großnasen-Tiefwasserkatzenhai , German , Germany

大吻光尾鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大吻光尾鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大吻光尾鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pejegato hocicón , Spanish , Spain

Tiburón negro narigón , Spanish , Peru

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Pentanchidae

Genus: Apristurus

Species: Apristurus nasutus de Buen, 1959

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Panama, Ecuador and central Chile. Also nominally recorded from the northeast Atlantic off Morocco, but identification uncertain.

Biology

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Found on the upper continental slopes. Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

Habitat

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bathydemersal