November 3rd, 2014

Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark from the Gulf of Aden

Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark from the Gulf of Aden

Published on 03. November 2014 Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden Junro Kawauchi, Simon Weigmann, Kazuhiro Nakaya ABSTRACT: A new deep-water catshark of the genus Apristurus Garman, 1913 is described based on nine specimens from the Gulf of Aden in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Apristurus