Longfin catshark

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rigby, C.L. |author2=Bin Ali, A. |author3=Bineesh, K.K. |author4=Chen, X. |author5=Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A. |author6=Fahmi, Fernando, D. |author7=Gautama, D.A. |author8=Ho, H. |author9=Hsu, H. |author10=Maung, A. |author11=Tanay, D. |author12=Utzurrum, J.A.T. |author13=Yuneni, R.R. |author14=Zhang, J. |author15=Herman, K. |author16=Derrick, D. |date=2020 |title=Apristurus herklotsi |volume=2020 |page=e.T44212A124430498 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44212A124430498.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| taxon = Apristurus herklotsi

| authority = (Fowler, 1934)

| range_map = Apristurus herklotsi distmap.png

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The longfin catshark (Apristurus herklotsi) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae. This shark is found in the western Pacific from Japan to the Philippines, and the East and South China Seas, and the Kyūshū-Palau Ridge, at depths between 530 and 865 m. Its length is up to 48 cm.