FB-70042 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70042 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Serranoidei Anthiadidae Plectranthias Plectranthias mcgroutheri Gill, Pogonoski, Moore & Johnson, 2021 Ridged-egg catshark Apristurus ovicorrugatus White, O'Neill, Devloo-Delva, Nakaya & Iglésias, 2023 Apristurus sinensis (non Chu & Hu, 1981) 2023-05-03 2024-08-16 Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens0 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 656 p. (Ref. 109431) White, W.T., H.L. O'Neill, F. Devloo-Delva, K. Nakaya and S.P. Iglésias0 What came first, the shark or the egg? Discovery of a new species of deepwater shark by investigation of egg case morphology. J. Fish. Biol. 2023:1-18. (Ref. 128660) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-11 00:00:00 2023-05-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70051 This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: when alive/fresh, eyes with shiny white iris; head moderately long and relatively narrow, its length 23.8% LT, interorbital space 6.4% LT; snout moderately elongate, preoral length is 10.0% LT and preorbital length 10.9% LT; mouth wide, its width 9.5% LT; pelvic–anal space 5.9% LT; anal fin is large, base length 15.2% LT, posterior margin 11.5% LT; prepectoral length is relatively long, about 21.1% LT; labial furrows long, not confined to mouth corners, uppers are longer than lowers (3.8 vs. 2.4% LT); enlarged denticles absent on upper or lower caudal fin; duodenum of intestine moderately sized, intestinal spiral valves 15; monospondylous centra 35; precaudal-diplospondylous vertebrae 33; precaudal centra 68; females mature by 46.7 cm LT; egg case small (5.04-6/06 cm long), with 5-7 strong T-shaped ridges on dorsal and ventral surfaces (Ref. 128660). White, W.T., H.L. O'Neill, F. Devloo-Delva, K. Nakaya and S.P. Iglésias 2023 What came first, the shark or the egg? Discovery of a new species of deepwater shark by investigation of egg case morphology. J. Fish. Biol. 2023:1-18. (Ref. 128660) FB-Distribution-70051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-11 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70051 Indo-West Pacific: Australia. White, W.T., H.L. O'Neill, F. Devloo-Delva, K. Nakaya and S.P. Iglésias 2023 What came first, the shark or the egg? Discovery of a new species of deepwater shark by investigation of egg case morphology. J. Fish. Biol. 2023:1-18. (Ref. 128660) FB-Size-70051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-11 00:00:00 2023-05-11 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70051 46.7 cm TL (female) White, W.T., H.L. O'Neill, F. Devloo-Delva, K. Nakaya and S.P. Iglésias 2023 What came first, the shark or the egg? Discovery of a new species of deepwater shark by investigation of egg case morphology. J. Fish. Biol. 2023:1-18. (Ref. 128660) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-11 00:00:00 2023-05-11 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70051 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 410 - 550 m (Ref. 128660) White, W.T., H.L. O'Neill, F. Devloo-Delva, K. Nakaya and S.P. Iglésias 2023 What came first, the shark or the egg? Discovery of a new species of deepwater shark by investigation of egg case morphology. J. Fish. Biol. 2023:1-18. (Ref. 128660)