Narrowmouthed catshark
| Narrowmouthed catshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Atelomycteridae |
| Genus: | Schroederichthys |
| Species: | S. bivius |
| Binomial name | |
| Schroederichthys bivius (Smith, 1838) | |
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The narrowmouthed catshark (Schroederichthys bivius) is a coloured catshark beloning to the family Atelomycteridae, found from central Chile around the Straits of Magellan, to Argentina between latitudes 23° S and 56° S, at depths down to about 180 m (600 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean and about 360 m (1,200 ft) in the Pacific. It can grow to a length of up to 70 cm (28 in). The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.