''Apristurus'' is a
genus
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of
catshark
Catshark may refer to:
* Scyliorhinidae, a family of ground sharks, many species of which are commonly referred to as "catshark".
* Pentanchidae, a family of ground sharks with the overall name deepwater catsharks, but many species are referred ...
s, the
family
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Pentanchidae
Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhiniformes ( from Classical Greek ' (karcharos) 'sharp/jagged' and ' (rhinos) 'nose', plus Latin ''forme'' 'shape'), commonly known a ...
, 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:
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Apristurus albisoma
The white-bodied catshark (''Apristurus albisoma'') is a catshark of the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks.
Description
This shark is coloured whitish to light grey.
Distribution
This species is found in the western Pacific. T ...
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Nakaya & Séret, 1999 (white-bodied catshark)
* ''
Apristurus ampliceps''
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, Sato & Nakaya, 2008 (roughskin catshark)
* ''
Apristurus aphyodes''
Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 (white ghost catshark)
* ''
Apristurus australis''
Sato, Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008 (Pinocchio catshark)
* ''
Apristurus breviventralis''
Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014 (shortbelly catshark)
* ''
Apristurus brunneus''
C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (brown catshark)
* ''
Apristurus bucephalus''
W. T. White, Last
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& Pogonoski, 2008 (bighead catshark)
* ''
Apristurus canutus''
S. Springer & Heemstra, 1979 (hoary catshark)
* ''
Apristurus exsanguis''
Sato, Nakaya & A. L. Stewart, 1999 (flaccid catshark)
* ''
Apristurus fedorovi''
Dolganov, 1985 (Fedorov's catshark)
* ''
Apristurus garricki''
Sato, A.L. Stewart & Nakaya, 2013 (Garrick's catshark)
* ''
Apristurus gibbosus''
Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985 (humpback catshark)
* ''
Apristurus herklotsi''
Fowler, 1934 (longfin catshark)
* ''
Apristurus indicus''
A. B. Brauer, 1906 (smallbelly catshark)
* ''
Apristurus internatus''
S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1988 (shortnose demon catshark)
* ''
Apristurus investigatoris''
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, 1962 (broadnose catshark)
* ''
Apristurus japonicus''
Nakaya, 1975 (Japanese catshark)
* ''
Apristurus kampae''
L. R. Taylor, 1972 (longnose catshark)
* ''
Apristurus laurussonii''
Sæmundsson, 1922 (Iceland catshark)
* ''
Apristurus longicephalus''
Nakaya, 1975 (longhead catshark)
* ''
Apristurus macrorhynchus''
S. Tanaka (I), 1909 (flathead catshark)
* ''
Apristurus macrostomus''
Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1985 (broadmouth catshark)
* ''
Apristurus manis''
S. Springer, 1979 (ghost catshark)
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Apristurus manocheriani''
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2021, (Manocherian's Catshark)
* ''
Apristurus melanoasper''
Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004 (black roughscale catshark)
* ''
Apristurus microps''
Gilchrist, 1922 (smalleye catshark)
* ''
Apristurus micropterygeus''
Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1986 (smalldorsal catshark)
* ''
Apristurus nakayai''
Iglésias, 2013 (milk-eye catshark)
* ''
Apristurus nasutus''
F. de Buen, 1959 (largenose catshark)
* ''
Apristurus ovicorrugatus''
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, Devloo-Delva, Nakaya & Iglésias, 2023 (ridged-egg catshark)
* ''
Apristurus parvipinnis''
S. Springer, 1979 & Heemstra, 1979 (smallfin catshark)
* ''
Apristurus pinguis''
S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1983 (bulldog catshark)
* ''
Apristurus platyrhynchus''
S. Tanaka (I), 1909 (spatulasnout catshark or Borneo catshark)
* ''
Apristurus profundorum''
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (deepwater catshark)
* ''
Apristurus riveri''
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, 1944 (broadgill catshark)
* ''
Apristurus saldanha''
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, 1925 (Saldanha catshark)
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Apristurus sereti
''Apristurus'' is a genus of Scyliorhinidae, catsharks, the family (biology), 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 ...
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Adnet, 2006
* ''
Apristurus sibogae''
M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (pale catshark)
* ''
Apristurus sinensis''
Y. T. Chu & A. S. Hu, 1981 (South China catshark)
* ''
Apristurus spongiceps''
C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (spongehead catshark)
* ''
Apristurus stenseni''
S. Springer, 1979, 1979 (Panama ghost catshark)
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Apristurus yangi
''Apristurus yangi'', or Yang's longnose catshark, is a type of deepwater catshark found exclusively in the waters of Papua New Guinea. It is identified from just a single female specimen ever caught in the region mentioned.
Description
This c ...
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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
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1707527
Pentanchidae
Shark genera
Taxa named by Samuel Garman