Largenose catshark

The largenose catshark (Apristurus nasutus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The largenose catshark is found on the upper continental slopes in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Panama to Ecuador and central Chile, between 9°N and 28°S. It can grow up to 70 cm. Its reproduction is oviparous. This nose shark is considered to be a harmless species. It is known to originate from the Gulf of Panama, Ecuador, and Central Chile.

This organism has a reported length of between 50-70 cm. The organism lives mostly on the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Though the biology on this species is not much known, this organism tends to stay together with the same organisms/traveling as a pack. These species are harmless to humans and are known as “oviparous breeding species”. Parasites of the largenose catshark, studied off Chile, include Monogeneans, Cestodes, and Nematodes.