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Apristurus macrostomus Meng, Chu & Li, 1985

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Meng, Q.-W., Y.-D. Chu & S. Li. 1985. Description of four new species of Scyliorhinidae from depths of the south China Sea. Oceanologica et Limnologica Sinica 16(1): 43-50.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Carcharhiniformes
family
Scyliorhinidae
genus
Apristurus
species
Apristurus macrostomus

Name

Homonyms
Apristurus macrostomus Meng, Chu & Li, 1985
Common names
Breedbekkathaai in Dutch
Broadmouth cat shark in English
Laisuu-musthai in Estonian
大口光尾鯊 in language.
大口光尾鲨 in language.
大口篦鯊;大口光尾鯊;廣吻篦鮫;沙魚 in language.
Broadmouth Catshark in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  2. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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