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Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 Milk-eye catshark |
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photo by
Iglesias, S.P. |
| Family: | Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks) | |||
| Max. size: | 67.6 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 953 - 1022 m | |||
| Distribution: | Pacific Ocean: New Caledonia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | A medium-sized species of Apristurus of the brunneus group with the following combination of characters: shiny white iris on fresh specimen; brownish black colouration; short interspace from P1 free rear tip to P2 origin, subequal to internarial width; midpoint of the total length located well behind cloaca; pectoral fins large, width about 2.7 times P1 tip-P2 origin; long anal-fin base, longer than D1 insertion-D2 insertions; first dorsal fin located well behind pelvic-fin insertion; first dorsal fin markedly smaller than second one; long caudal fin terminal lobe, its length more than twice its height; no denticles in the mouth; very short pyloric stomach; intestinal spiral valves 16; monospondylous vertebrae 36; precaudal diplospondylous vertebrae 37 (Ref. 92346). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 22 November 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||