''Apristurus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
catsharks, the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks.
Species
The 39 currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Apristurus albisoma''
Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
& Séret, 1999 (white-bodied catshark)
* ''
Apristurus ampliceps''
Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
, 2008 (roughskin catshark)
* ''
Apristurus aphyodes''
Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
& Stehmann, 1998 (white ghost catshark)
* ''
Apristurus australis''
Sato Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
& Yorozu, 2008 (Pinocchio catshark)
* ''
Apristurus breviventralis
The shortbelly catshark (''Apristurus breviventralis'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean. This species most closely resembles the western Atlantic species ''Apristurus canutus'', but is disti ...
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Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
, 2014 (shortbelly catshark)
* ''
Apristurus brunneus''
C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (brown catshark)
* ''
Apristurus bucephalus''
W. T. White W. may refer to:
* SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel
* ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush
* "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...
, Last & Pogonoski, 2008 (bighead catshark)
* ''
Apristurus canutus''
S. Springer & Heemstra, 1979 (hoary catshark)
* ''
Apristurus exsanguis''
Sato, Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
& A. L. Stewart, 1999 (flaccid catshark)
* ''
Apristurus fedorovi''
Dolganov, 1985 (Fedorov's catshark)
* ''
Apristurus garricki''
Sato, Stewart & Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
, 2013 (Garrick's catshark)
[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.'']
* ''
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
The Japanese catshark (''Apristurus japonicus'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the northwest Pacific off Chiba Prefecture, Honshū
, historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located ...
''
Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
, 1975 (Japanese catshark)
* ''
Apristurus kampae''
L. R. Taylor, 1972 (longnose catshark)
* ''
Apristurus laurussonii''
Sæmundsson, 1922 (Iceland catshark)
* ''
Apristurus longicephalus''
Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
, 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 Ebert is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Ebert (born 1978), lead singer for the band Ima Robot
* Anton Ebert (1845–1896), Austrian painter
* Beanie Ebert (1902–1980), American football player
* Bla ...
2021, (Manocherian's Catshark)
* ''
Apristurus melanoasper
The black roughscale catshark (''Apristurus melanoasper'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is recorded from the north Atlantic, eastern South Atlantic, in the Indian Ocean and around Australia and New Zealand. The species can be fo ...
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Iglésias, Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
& Stehmann, 2004 (black roughscale catshark)
* ''
Apristurus microps
The smalleye catshark (''Apristurus microps'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the southeast Atlantic at depths between 700 and 2,000 m. It can grow up to 61 cm. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
Refere ...
''
Gilchrist, 1922 (smalleye catshark)
* ''
Apristurus micropterygeus''
Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1986 (smalldorsal catshark)
* ''
Apristurus nakayai''
Iglésias, 2013 (milk-eye catshark)
[Iglésias, S.P. (2013): ''Apristurus nakayai'' sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia. ''Cybium'', 36 (4): 511-519.]
* ''
Apristurus nasutus''
F. de Buen, 1959 (largenose catshark)
* ''
Apristurus parvipinnis''
S. Springer, 1979 & Heemstra, 1979 (smallfin catshark)
* ''
Apristurus pinguis
The bulldog catshark (''Apristurus pinguis'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the deep waters of the East China Sea and in the Northwest Pacific. In New Zealand waters it is found at the Reinga Ridge, the West Norfolk Ridge, ...
''
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
Goode ( or , depending on family) is a surname.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Goode (Born 1988), British rugby union player
* Alexander D. Goode (1911-1943), US Army chaplain
* Andy Goode (born 1980), British ru ...
& T. H. Bean, 1896 (deepwater catshark)
* ''
Apristurus riveri''
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (broadgill catshark)
* ''
Apristurus saldanha''
Barnard, 1925 (Saldanha catshark)
*†''
Apristurus sereti
''Apristurus'' is a genus of catsharks, the family (biology), family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks.
Species
The 39 currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Apristurus albisoma'' Kazuhiro Nakaya, Nakaya ...
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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)
* ''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
Shark genera
Taxa named by Samuel Garman