Apristurus manocheriani

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Apristurus manocheriani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. manocheriani
Binomial name
Apristurus manocheriani
Cordova & Ebert 2021

Apristurus manocheriani, or Manocherian's catshark, is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. [2] This species was originally described by Justin A. Cordova and David A. Ebert in 2021. [2]

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Etymology

The cat shark is named in honor of Greg Manocherian (b. 1967), an American philanthropist, because of his commitment to shark conservation and research. [3]

Description

The species is a Catshark with a "porcelain" white body color with a pink tint, it has a maximum total length of at least 558 mm for males and 495 mm for females. [2]

Range

Apristurus manocheriani is only found in the southwest Indian Ocean [2]

Taxonomy

The species is part of the Apristurus spongiceps subgroup [4] of the genus Apristurus .

References

  1. ↑ Cordova, J.; Ebert, D.A. & Charles, R. (2023). "Apristurus manocheriani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T219308115A219308122. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T219308115A219308122.en . Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Kazuhiro NAKAYA; Keiichi SATO (1999). "Species grouping within the genus Apristurus (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the 5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference. 2000 (2): 329. Wikidata   Q107530968.


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