| Longfin catshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. herklotsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus herklotsi (Fowler, 1934) | |
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The longfin catshark (Apristurus herklotsi) is a shark of the family Pentanchidae. This shark is found in the western Pacific from Japan to the Philippines, and the East and South China Seas, and the Kyūshū-Palau Ridge, at depths between 530 and 865 m. Its length is up to 48 cm.
Etymology
The Catshark is named in honor of botanist and ornithologist G. A. C. Herklots (1902-1986) of the University of Hong Kong.
References
- Rigby, C.L.; Bin Ali, A.; Bineesh, K.K.; Chen, X.; Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A.; Fahmi, Fernando, D.; Gautama, D.A.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Maung, A.; Tanay, D.; Utzurrum, J.A.T.; Yuneni, R.R.; Zhang, J.; Herman, K.; Derrick, D. (2020). "Apristurus herklotsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44212A124430498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44212A124430498.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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.). "Apristurus herklotsi". FishBase. July 2006 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Apristurus herklotsi | |
| Pentanchus herklotsi | |
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