| Kazuhiro Nakaya | |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 1945 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Alma Mater: | Hokkaido University |
is a Japanese marine scientist and ichthyologist. He graduated from Hokkaido University with a BA in 1968 and with a PhD in 1972. He is professor of Marine Environment and Resources at the Marine Laboratory for Biodiversity. He specializes in taxonomy and evolution of sharks, rays, chimaeras, and Lake Tanganyikan fish. He is the author of many articles and books on sharks and fish. In 1995 he was put in charge of dissecting and preparing the 7th specimen of the very rare megamouth shark.
Family Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks)
Whitebody catshark (Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret, 1999)http://www.fishbase.se/summary/58249
Largehead catshark (Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya, 2008) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/64118
Catshark (Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/54373
Southern catshark (Apristurus australis Sato, Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/64107
Shortbelly catshark (Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/67532
Softbody catshark (Apristurus exsanguis Sato, Nakaya & Stewart, 1999) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/59467
Garricki catshark (Apristurus garricki Sato, Stewart & Nakaya, 2013) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/66995
Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/768
Longhead catshark (Apristurus longicephalus Nakaya, 1975) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/771
Black roughscale catshark (Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/62554
Broadfin sawtail catshark (Galeus nipponensis Nakaya, 1975) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/809
Izu cat shark (Scyliorhinus tokubee Shirai, Hagiwara & Nakaya, 1992) http://www.fishbase.se/summary/27216