Trisha Shetty (Editor)

White tip catshark

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Order
  
Carcharhiniformes

Scientific name
  
Parmaturus albimarginatus

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superorder
  
Selachimorpha

Family
  
Scyliorhinidae

Higher classification
  
Parmaturus

Similar
  
Northern sawtail catshark, Variegated catshark, Antilles catshark, New Caledonia catshark

The white-tip catshark (Parmaturus albimarginatus) is a recently described, deepwater catshark, known only from a single specimen collected from northern New Caledonia, at a depth of 590–732 m. The only known specimen, an adult male, measured a total of 57.7 cm in length.

References

White-tip catshark Wikipedia