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GBIF·2418481speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusApristurus
Apristurus sinensis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

South China catshark

Apristurus sinensis Chu & Hu, 1981

Also calledChinesischer Katzenhai (deu) · Holbiche Chuchu (fra) · Pejegato Chino (spa) · Tubarão-gato-meridional (por) · máčka čínská (ces) · Китайская чёрная кошачья акула (rus) · シナヘラザメ (jpn)

First described in: Chu, Y.-T. & A.-S. Hu in Chu, Y.-T., Q.-W. Meng, A.-S. Hu & S. Li. 1981.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418481.