Humpback catshark
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Apristurus gibbosus
| authority = Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985
| range_map = Apristurus gibbosus distmap.png
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The humpback cat shark (Apristurus gibbosus) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea, from the surface to 915 m. Its length is 39–41 cm. The largest specimen examined by Nakaya and Sato was 54.2 cm TL. The humpback catshark is a little-known oviparous deepwater catshark.
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- {{FishBase species| genus = Apristurus | species = gibbosus |month = May | year = 2006}}
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Category:Marine fish of Southeast Asia
Category:Taxa named by Meng Qing-Wen
Category:Taxa named by Chu Yuan-Ting
Category:Taxa named by Li Sheng (ichthyologist)
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