| Japanese catshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. japonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975 | |
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The Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, found in the northwest Pacific off Chiba Prefecture, Honshū, Japan, between 36 and 34°N. This shark has a relatively slender body, with the trunk tapering towards the head. Its snout is moderately long, bell-shaped, and broad; the preoral snout is about 7% to 8% of its total length. It has large gill slits, rather small eyes in adults, nostrils fairly broad, and a long broad, arched mouth. It is commonly taken by trawl off the type locality, and possibly used for oil, human consumption, and fishmeal or fish cakes locally.
References
- Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dulvy, N.K.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Apristurus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161367A124472828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161367A124472828.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus japonicus". FishBase. July 2006 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Apristurus japonicus | |
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