Garrick's catshark

Garrick's catshark (Apristurus garricki) is a species of shark in the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is found in the waters of New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. The new deep-water catshark, Apristurus garricki, is described from the waters of northern New Zealand.^[3][4] It is named in honour of Jack Garrick.^[2]

Garrick's catshark
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Pentanchidae
Genus:	Apristurus
Species:	A. garricki
Binomial name
Apristurus garricki Sato, A. L. Stewart & Nakaya, 2013[2]

Conservation status

The IUCN Red List classifies the Garrick's catshark as being of least concern.^[1]

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the Garrick's catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[5]