Black roughscale catshark vs Katung Fa

Apristurus melanoasper compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black roughscale catshark	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Chondrichthyes (ปลากระดูกอ่อน)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Carcharhiniformes (อันดับปลาฉลามครีบดำ)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Scyliorhinidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Apristurus	Alstonia
Species	Apristurus melanoasper	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Black roughscale catshark

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black roughscale catshark	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black roughscale catshark

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Black roughscale catshark

The Black roughscale catshark (Apristurus melanoasper) is a species in the genus Apristurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.