Apristurus Explained

Apristurus is a genus of catsharks, the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks.

Species

The 39 currently recognized species in this genus are:

• 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) ^[1]
• 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, Stewart & Nakaya, 2013 (Garrick's catshark) ^[2]
• 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) ^[3]
• 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^[4]
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Kawauchi, J. . Weigmann, S. . Nakaya, K. . amp . 2014 . Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden . Zootaxa . 3881 . 1 . 1–16 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.1.1. 25543616 .
2. 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.
3. Iglésias, S.P. (2013): Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia. Cybium, 36 (4): 511-519.
4. Web site: Extinct - valid species Species Shark-References. shark-references.com. 2019-04-29.