Smalleye catshark

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| image = Ampullae comparison of Apristurus species from researchgate article.png

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pollom, R. |author2=Ebert, D.A. |author3=Leslie, R. |date=2019 |title=Apristurus microps |volume=2019 |page=e.T44657A124437644 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44657A124437644.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| taxon = Apristurus microps

| authority = (Gilchrist, 1922)

| range_map = Apristurus microps distmap.png

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The smalleye catshark (Apristurus microps) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This shark is found in the southeast Atlantic at depths between 700 and 2,000 m. It can grow up to 61 cm. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.