Humpback catshark

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rigby, C.L. |author2=Chen, X. |author3=Ebert, D.A. |author4=Herman, K. |author5=Ho, H. |author6=Hsu, H. |author7=Zhang, J. |date=2020 |title=Apristurus gibbosus |volume=2020 |page=e.T44211A124430426 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44211A124430426.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| 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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humpback catshark

Category:Marine fish of Southeast Asia

Category:South China Sea

Category:Taxa named by Meng Qing-Wen

Category:Taxa named by Chu Yuan-Ting

Category:Taxa named by Li Sheng (ichthyologist)

humpback catshark

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