Smallbelly catshark

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| image = Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 (Tafel 14) (7413861774).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ebert, D.A. |author2=Akhilesh, K.V. |author3=Valinassab, T. |author4=Tesfamichael, D. |year=2017 |title=Apristurus indicus |volume=2017 |page=e.T161470A109904876 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T161470A109904876.en |access-date=1 October 2017}}

| taxon = Apristurus indicus

| authority = (A. B. Brauer, 1906)

| range_map = Apristurus indicus distmap.png

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The smallbelly catshark (Apristurus indicus) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is found in the western Indian Ocean near Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and Oman, at depths between 1,300 and 1,840 m. Its length is up to 34 cm, although this measurement is of an immature specimen. The smallbelly catshark is not well known. It is found on continental slopes, and is probably caught by bottom trawlers. The reproduction of the smallbelly catshark is oviparous.