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Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Reddish-white in color (Ref. 244).

Common Names

  • قِرش قِطّ فاتح , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Bleke kathaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Pale cat shark , English , South Africa
  • Pale catshark , English , Global
  • Kahvatu musthai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Holbiche pâle , French , Global
  • 加里曼丹光尾鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 加里曼丹光尾鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 加里曼担光尾鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pejegato paliducho , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Pentanchidae

    Genus: Apristurus

    Species: Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913)

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Western Central Pacific: Makassar Strait slope between Borneo and Sulawesi (Indonesia).

    • Biology

    A rare catshark, only known from the holotype taken from the Makassar Straits slope at a depth of 655 m (Ref. 244). Maximum length reported ( >21 cm TL) based on a juvenile specimen (Ref. 244). Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal