Campeche catshark

Reproduction is oviparous.

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The Campeche catshark lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range - 1097 m environment.

The campeche catshark, Parmaturus campechiensis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found only in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico at depths down to 1,100 m. The length of the immature holotype is 16 cm. Reproduction is oviparous. More

No image of Campeche catshark found in the Shark Database Range Map Earth Map Systematics Phylum: Vertebates (Chordata) Class: Carlilagenous Fishes (Chondrichthyes) Order: Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes) More

Campeche catshark - Parmaturus campechiensis online fact sheet reproduced by the Shark Foundation / Hai-Stiftung 43. More

Common names

Campeche cat shark in English
Campeche catshark in English
Campeche shark in English
Holbiche campèchoise in French (français)
Mexicaanse kathaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Mexicaanse kathaai in Unknown
Pejegato campechano in Spanish (español)
墨西哥盾尾鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
墨西哥盾尾鯊 in Unknown
墨西哥盾尾鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
墨西哥盾尾鲨 in Unknown

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Order : Carcharhiniformes
Family : Scyliorhinidae
Genus : Parmaturus
Species : Parmaturus campechiensis
Authority : Springer, 1979

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