Graceful catshark

Graceful catshark
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Proscylliidae
Genus:	Proscyllium
Species:	P. habereri
Binomial name
	Proscyllium habereri; Hilgendorf, 1904
	Range of the graceful catshark

The graceful catshark (Proscyllium habereri) is a species of finback catshark, belonging to the family Proscylliidae. This shark is found in the western Pacific Ocean, from southeastern Japan to Vietnam and northwestern Java, at depths between 50 and 100 m. Females can reach a length of 65 cm.

References

Rigby, C.L., Chen, X., Ebert, D.A., Herman, K., Ho, H., Hsu, H. & Zhang, J. 2020. Proscyllium habereri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161733A124535240. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161733/124535240. Downloaded on 20 January 2021.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Proscyllium habereri" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

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[1] Rigby, C.L., Chen, X., Ebert, D.A., Herman, K., Ho, H., Hsu, H. & Zhang, J. 2020. Proscyllium habereri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161733A124535240. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161733/124535240. Downloaded on 20 January 2021.