Apristurus manocheriani explained

Apristurus manocheriani, Manocherian's catshark, is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species was originally described by Justin A. Cordova and David A. Ebert in 2021.

Etymology

The cat shark is named in honor of Greg Manocherian (b. 1967), an American philanthropist, because of his commitment to shark conservation and research.^[1]

Description

The species is a Catshark with a "porcelain" white body color with a pink tint, it has a maximum total length of at least 558 mm for males and 495 mm for females.

Range

Apristurus manocheriani is only found in the southwest Indian Ocean

Taxonomy

The species is part of the Apristurus spongiceps subgroup of the Genus Apristurus.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE . 18 January 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 27 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127171408/http://www.etyfish.org/carcharhiniformes/ . dead .