Longnose_catshark

Longnose catshark

Longnose catshark

Species of shark

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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]

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

  1. [1]
    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.
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    "Longnose Catshark". Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  3. [3]
    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.


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