Broadmouth cat shark vs Katung Fa

Apristurus macrostomus compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broadmouth cat shark	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 macrostomus	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Broadmouth cat shark

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broadmouth cat shark	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broadmouth cat shark

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.

Broadmouth cat shark

The Broadmouth Cat Shark (Apristurus macrostomus) 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.