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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusApristurus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

White-bodied Catshark

Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret, 1999

Also calledTiburón Gato de Cuerpo Blanco (spa) · Weißlicher Katzenhai (deu)

First described in: Nakaya, K.; Séret, B. (1999). A new species of deepwater catshark, <i>Apristurus albisoma</i> n.sp. from New Caledonia (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). <em>Cybium.</em> 23(3): 297-310.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418462.