The bulldog catshark (Apristurus pinguis) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks/ This shark is found in the deep waters of the East China Sea and in the Northwest Pacific.[2] In New Zealand waters it is found at the Reinga Ridge, the West Norfolk Ridge, the Hikurangi Trough and the Chatham Rise as well as on the Campbell Plateau.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. pinguis
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Description
editThe overall colouration of this species is brown or a brownish shade with its palate and tongue being dark.[3] Its length is up to 83.5 cm.[2]
Conservation status
editThe New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the flaccid catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
References
edit- ^ Huveneers, C.; Duffy, C.A.J. (2015). "Apristurus pinguis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T44222A70708974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44222A70708974.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Apristurus pinguis Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ a b Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D.; Barker, Jeremy; Kortet, Salme; Freeborn, Michelle (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. Vol. 2. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805.
- ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.
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