The velvet catshark (Parmaturus lanatus) is a deepwater catshark. It is known only from a single specimen collected off the Tanimbar Islands in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia, at a 840–855-metre (2,756–2,805 ft) depth. The only known specimen, a juvenile male, measured a total of 36 centimetres (14 in) in length.
| Velvet catshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus |
| Species: | P. lanatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmaturus lanatus Séret & Last, 2007 | |
The shark is found in the Western Pacific. It has a depth range of depth range of 840–855 metres (2,756–2,805 ft), making it bathydemersal.[2]
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| Apristurus |
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| Asymbolus |
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| Atelomycterus |
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| Aulohalaelurus |
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| Bythaelurus |
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| Cephaloscyllium |
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| Cephalurus | |
| Figaro |
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| Galeus |
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| Halaelurus |
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| Haploblepharus |
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| Holohalaelurus |
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| Parmaturus |
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| Pentanchus | |
| Poroderma |
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| Schroederichthys | |
| Scyliorhinus |
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