Apristurus

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Apristurus
Deepwater catshark.jpg
Above: Deepwater catshark (A. profundorum)
Below: Ghost catshark (A. manis)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Garman, 1913
Type species
Scylliorhinus indicus
Brauer, 1906
Synonyms

Apristurus is a genus of catsharks, the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. The species in this genus are commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks.

Species

The 43 currently recognized species in this genus are: [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apristurus". FishBase . November 2024 version.
  2. ↑ S. Weigmann (10 February 2016). "Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity". Journal of Fish Biology . 88 (3): 837–1037. doi:10.1111/JFB.12874. ISSN   0022-1112. PMID   26860638. Wikidata   Q35918688.
  3. ↑ JUSTIN A. CORDOVA; DAVID A. EBERT (7 July 2021). "Apristurus manocheriani (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae), a new species of catshark from the Southwest Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 38. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5081131. ISSN   1937-7835. Wikidata   Q107529870.
  4. ↑ Kawauchi, J.; Weigmann, S. & Nakaya, K. (2014). "Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3881 (1): 1–16. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3881.1.1. PMID   25543616.
  5. ↑ Sato, K.; Stewart, A.L.; Nakaya, K. (2013). "Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae". Marine Biology Research. 9 (8): 758–767. Bibcode:2013MBioR...9..758S. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.765586.
  6. ↑ White, William T.; O'Neill, Helen L.; Jayasinghe, Sahan A. (2025-11). "Apristurus iterum , a new shark discovered based on egg case morphology and sequence data obtained from a formalin‐fixed specimen". Journal of Fish Biology. 107 (5): 1624–1640. doi:10.1111/jfb.70147. ISSN   0022-1112. PMC   12710850 . PMID   40717281.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ Iglésias, S.P. (2013). "Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia". Cybium. 36 (4): 511–519.
  8. ↑ "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  9. ↑ "†Apristurus sereti Adnet 2006 (cat shark)". The Paleobiology Database.
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