Apristurus
Encyclopedia
Apristurus is a genus
of catshark
, the family
Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of catshark
Catshark
Catsharks are ground sharks of the family Scyliorhinidae, with over 150 known species. While they are generally known as catsharks, many species are commonly called dogfish....
, the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks.
Species
- Apristurus albisomaApristurus albisomaApristurus albisoma, the white-bodied catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae....
Nakaya & Séret, 1999 - Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya, 2008
- Apristurus aphyodesApristurus aphyodesApristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N....
Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 - Apristurus australis SatoKeiichi Satois a mecha and character designer born in the Kagawa Prefecture of Japan in 1965.In 1996, Sato met with Kazuyoshi Katayama to begin work on The Big O. Until then, Sato's work consisted mainly of designing characters and supervising animation for anime series. The Big O is the first based on a...
, Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008 (Pinocchio catshark) - Apristurus brunneus (C. H. GilbertCharles Henry GilbertCharles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
, 1892) (Brown catshark) - Apristurus bucephalus W. T. White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008 (Bighead catshark)
- Apristurus canutus S. SpringerStewart SpringerStewart Springer, was a world renowned expert on shark behavior, classification , and distribution of shark populations. There are more than 35 species of sharks, skates, rays, and other animals either classified originally by him or named after him.-Education:Springer was a field naturalist,...
& Heemstra, 1979 (Hoary catshark) - Apristurus exsanguis Sato, Nakaya & A. L. Stewart, 1999 (Flaccid catshark)
- Apristurus fedoroviApristurus fedoroviApristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae. This shark has oviparous reproduction, meaning that it lays eggs....
Dolganov, 1985 - Apristurus gibbosus Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985 (Humpbackcat shark)
- Apristurus herklotsi (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1934) (Longfin catshark) - Apristurus indicus (Brauer, 1906) (Smallbelly catshark)
- Apristurus internatusApristurus internatusApristurus internatus, the shortnose demon catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea. Its length is up to 40 cm.Reproduction is oviparous....
S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1988 - Apristurus investigatoris (Misra, 1962) (Broadnose catshark)
- Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975 (Japanese catshark)
- Apristurus kampae Taylor, 1972 (Longnose catshark)
- Apristurus laurussonii (Sæmundsson, 1922) (Iceland catshark)
- Apristurus longicephalus Nakaya, 1975 (Longhead catshark)
- Apristurus macrorhynchus (S. Tanaka (I)Shigeho Tanakawas a Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo. He published numerous works on fishes and sharks and co-authored a book on Japanese fish with famous American scientist David Starr Jordan.Publications:...
, 1909) (Flathead catshark) - Apristurus macrostomus Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1985 (Broadmouth catshark)
- Apristurus manis (S. SpringerStewart SpringerStewart Springer, was a world renowned expert on shark behavior, classification , and distribution of shark populations. There are more than 35 species of sharks, skates, rays, and other animals either classified originally by him or named after him.-Education:Springer was a field naturalist,...
, 1979) (Ghost 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 nasutus de BuenDon Fernando de Buen y LozanoDon Fernando de Buen y Lozano was a Spanish ichthyologist and oceanographer. He lived in Mexico, Uruguay, and Chile. In Uruguay, he was the director of the Department of Science at the Oceanography and Fisheries Service as well as Professor of Hydrobiology and Protozoology in the Faculty of Arts...
, 1959 (Largenose catshark) - Apristurus parvipinnis S. SpringerStewart SpringerStewart Springer, was a world renowned expert on shark behavior, classification , and distribution of shark populations. There are more than 35 species of sharks, skates, rays, and other animals either classified originally by him or named after him.-Education:Springer was a field naturalist,...
& Heemstra, 1979 (Smallfin catshark) - Apristurus pinguisApristurus pinguisApristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea. Its length is up to 56 cm....
S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1983 - Apristurus platyrhynchus (S. Tanaka (I)Shigeho Tanakawas a Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo. He published numerous works on fishes and sharks and co-authored a book on Japanese fish with famous American scientist David Starr Jordan.Publications:...
, 1909) (Borneo catshark) - Apristurus profundorum (GoodeGeorge Brown GoodeGeorge Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
& BeanTarleton Hoffman BeanTarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
, 1896) (Deep-water catshark) - Apristurus riveri BigelowHenry Bryant BigelowHenry Bryant Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist.After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he began working with famed ichthyologist Alexander Agassiz. Bigelow accompanied Agassiz on several major marine science expeditions including one aboard the Albatross in 1907...
& SchroederWilliam Charles SchroederWilliam Charles Schroeder was an American ichthyologist. He was born on Staten Island, New York. He, along with his lifelong colleague Henry Bryant Bigelow, made substantial contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the western North Atlantic...
, 1944 (Broadgill catshark) - Apristurus saldanha (BarnardKeppel Harcourt BarnardKeppel Harcourt Barnard , was a South African zoologist and museum director. He was the only son of Harcourt George Barnard M.A. , a solicitor from Lambeth, and Anne Elizabeth Porter of Royston....
, 1925) (Saldanha catshark) - Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913) (Pale catshark)
- Apristurus sinensis Y. T. Chu & A. S. Hu, 1981 (South China catshark)
- Apristurus spongiceps (C. H. GilbertCharles Henry GilbertCharles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
, 1905) (Spongehead catshark) - Apristurus stenseni (S. SpringerStewart SpringerStewart Springer, was a world renowned expert on shark behavior, classification , and distribution of shark populations. There are more than 35 species of sharks, skates, rays, and other animals either classified originally by him or named after him.-Education:Springer was a field naturalist,...
, 1979) (Panama ghost catshark) - Apristurus sp. X (Galbraith's Catshark)