Apristurus
Genus of sharks
Apristurus 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 41 currently recognized species in this genus are:[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret , 1999Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara , Sato & Nakaya, 2008Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann , 1998 (white ghost catshark)Apristurus australis Sato, Nakaya & Yorozu , 2008 (Pinocchio catshark)Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi , Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014[ 4] Apristurus brunneus C. H. Gilbert , 1892Apristurus bucephalus W. T. White , Last & Pogonoski , 2008Apristurus canutus S. Springer & Heemstra , 1979Apristurus exsanguis Sato, Nakaya & A. L. Stewart , 1999 (flaccid catshark)Apristurus fedorovi Dolganov , 1985Apristurus garricki Sato, A.L. Stewart & Nakaya, 2013 (Garrick's catshark) [ 5] Apristurus gibbosus Y. T. Chu , Q. W. Meng & S. Li , 1985Apristurus herklotsi Fowler , 1934Apristurus indicus A. B. Brauer , 1906Apristurus internatus S. M. Deng , G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan , 1988 Apristurus investigatoris Misra , 1962Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975 (Japanese catshark)Apristurus kampae L. R. Taylor , 1972Apristurus laurussonii Sæmundsson , 1922Apristurus longicephalus Nakaya, 1975 (longhead catshark)Apristurus macrorhynchus S. Tanaka (I) , 1909Apristurus macrostomus Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1985 (broadmouth catshark)Apristurus manis S. Springer, 1979 (ghost catshark)Apristurus manocheriani Cordova & Ebert 2021Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias , Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004Apristurus microps Gilchrist , 1922Apristurus micropterygeus Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1986 (smalldorsal catshark)Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 (milk-eye catshark) [ 6] Apristurus nasutus F. de Buen , 1959Apristurus ovicorrugatus White , O'Neill , Devloo-Delva , Nakaya & Iglésias, 2023Apristurus parvipinnis S. Springer, 1979 & Heemstra , 1979 (smallfin catshark)Apristurus pinguis S. M. Deng , G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan , 1983Apristurus platyrhynchus S. Tanaka (I), 1909 (spatulasnout catshark or Borneo catshark)Apristurus profundorum Goode & T. H. Bean , 1896Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder , 1944Apristurus saldanha Barnard , 1925† Apristurus sereti Adnet, 2006 [ 7] [ 8] Apristurus sibogae M. C. W. Weber , 1913Apristurus sinensis Y. T. Chu & A. S. Hu , 1981Apristurus spongiceps C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (spongehead catshark)Apristurus stenseni S. Springer, 1979, 1979 (Panama ghost catshark)Apristurus yangi White, Mana & Naylor, 2017 (Yang’s longnose catshark)Apristurus sp. X Not yet described (Galbraith's catshark )Apristurus sp. 3 Not yet described (black wonder catshark)Apristurus sp. nov. Not yet described (white-edged catshark)Apristurus sp. Not yet described (gray ghost catshark)
References
^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apristurus " . FishBase ^ 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 . ^ 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 . ^ 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 . ^ 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 . ^ Iglésias, S.P. (2013). "Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia". Cybium . 36 (4): 511– 519. ^ "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References" . shark-references.com . Retrieved 2019-04-29 .^ "†Apristurus sereti Adnet 2006 (cat shark)" . The Paleobiology Database .
