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.
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| Above: Deepwater catshark (A. profundorum) Below: Ghost catshark (A. manis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus Garman, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906
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Species
editThe 39 currently recognized species in this genus are:[1][2][3]
- Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret, 1999 (white-bodied catshark)
- Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara, 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) [4]
- Apristurus brunneus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (brown catshark)
- Apristurus bucephalus W. T. White, Last & 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) [5]
- 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 Misra, 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)
- Apristurus manocheriani Cordova & Ebert 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) [6]
- Apristurus nasutus F. de Buen, 1959 (largenose catshark)
- Apristurus ovicorrugatus White, O'Neill, 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 Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (broadgill catshark)
- Apristurus saldanha Barnard, 1925 (Saldanha catshark)
- †Apristurus sereti ADNET, 2006[7]
- 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)
- 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
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apristurus". FishBase. January 2017 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.