Apristurus

Apristurus
Above: Deepwater catshark (A. profundorum)
Below: Ghost catshark (A. manis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 living species in this genus are:

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apristurus". FishBase. November 2024 version.
  2. ↑ S. Weigmann (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. PMID 26860638. Wikidata Q35918688. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for S. Weigmann (help)
  3. ↑ JUSTIN A. CORDOVA; DAVID A. EBERT (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. Wikidata Q107529870. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for JUSTIN A. CORDOVA, DAVID A. EBERT (help)
  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. (November 2025). "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.
  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.