Longnose catshark
The longnose catshark (Apristurus kampae) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the eastern central Pacific from central and southern California and the Gulf of California, between latitudes 38° N and 23° N, at depths down to 1,890. Its length is up to 58 cm.[2]
| Longnose catshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. kampae |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus kampae L. R. Taylor, 1972 | |
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Etymology
The catshark is named in honor of Elizabeth Kampa Boden (1922-1986), of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who was chief scientist aboard RV Argos, from which the type specimen was collected.[3]
References
- Huveneers, C.; Duffy, C.A.J.; Cordova, J.; Ebert, D.A. (2015). "Apristurus kampae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T44215A80671609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44215A80671609.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- "Longnose Catshark". Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Apristurus kampae" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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