| Humpback catshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. gibbosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus gibbosus | |
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Thehumpback cat shark (Apristurus gibbosus) is ashark of thefamilyPentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, in the orderCarcharhiniformes, found in the northwestPacific Ocean offZhujiang,South China Sea, from the surface to 915 m. Its length is 39–41 cm. The largestspecimen examined by Nakaya and Sato was 54.2 cm TL. The humpback catshark is a little-knownoviparous deepwater catshark.
