The shortbelly catshark (''Apristurus breviventralis'') is a catshark of the

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Scyliorhinidae. It is found in

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Chan ...

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. This

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most closely resembles the western Atlantic species '' Apristurus canutus'', but is distinguishable in having greater nostril length than internarial width and longer claspers in adult males.Kawauchi, J., Weigmann, S. & Nakaya, K. (2014): ''Apristurus breviventralis'', a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden. ''Zootaxa, 3881 (1): 1–16.''

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Apristurus breviventralisKAWAUCHI, WEIGMANN & NAKAYA, 2014
shortbelly catshark Gulf of Aden Taxa named by Junro Kawauchi Taxa named by Simon Weigmann Taxa named by Kazuhiro Nakaya shortbelly catshark {{shark-stub