Garrick's catshark (Apristurus garricki) is a species of shark in the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is found in the waters of New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus garricki, is described from the waters of northern New Zealand.[3][4] It is named in honour of Jack Garrick.[2]
| Garrick's catshark | |
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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. garricki
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus garricki | |
Conservation status
editThe IUCN Red List classifies the Garrick's catshark as being of least concern.[1]
The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the Garrick's catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Apristurus garricki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T116857982A116858063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T116857982A116858063.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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. 81. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805.
- ^ Sato, K.; Stewart, A.L. & Nakaya, K. (2013). "Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Marine Biology Research. 9 (8): 758–767. Bibcode:2013MBioR...9..758S. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.765586. S2CID 85151569.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus garricki". FishBase. August 2014 version.
- ^ 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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