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Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae Cat sharks

Genus: Apristurus

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38 species (see list below)

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 59.6 cm TL
 
Apristurus albisoma
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 85.5 cm TL
 
Apristurus ampliceps
[]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic.
 
Apristurus aphyodes
[]
No picture found
Indian and Pacific coasts
Max. Length 61.6 cm TL
 
Apristurus australis
[]

Photo by Weigmann, S.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 48.5 cm TL
Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi, weigmann & Nakaya, 2014

Photo by Weigmann, S.
 
Apristurus breviventralis
[Shortbelly catshark]

Photo by Van Orden, W.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 69 cm TL
Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892)

Photo by Van Orden, W.
 
Apristurus brunneus
[Brown catshark]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 67.5 cm TL
 
Apristurus bucephalus
[Bighead catshark]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Apristurus canutus Springer & Heemstra, 1979

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus canutus
[Hoary catshark]

Photo by Duffy, C.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 90.8 cm TL
Apristurus exsanguis Sato, Nakaya & Stewart, 1999

Photo by Duffy, C.
 
Apristurus exsanguis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 68.3 cm TL
 
Apristurus fedorovi
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 73.5 cm
 
Apristurus garricki
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 410 cm TL
Apristurus gibbosus Meng, Chu & Li, 1985

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Apristurus gibbosus
[Humpback cat shark]

Photo by FAO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 48.5 cm TL
Apristurus herklotsi (Fowler, 1934)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus herklotsi
[Longfin catshark]

Photo by FAO

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 34 cm TL
Apristurus indicus (Brauer, 1906)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus indicus
[Smallbelly catshark]

Photo by Yang, N.-S.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 41.9 cm TL
Apristurus internatus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1988

Photo by Yang, N.-S.
 
Apristurus internatus
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Apristurus investigatoris (Misra, 1962)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus investigatoris
[Broadnose catshark]

Photo by FAO

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 71 cm TL
Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus japonicus
[Japanese catshark]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 58.4 cm TL
Apristurus kampae Taylor, 1972

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus kampae
[Longnose catshark]

Photo by Dolgov, A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 76 cm TL
Apristurus laurussonii (Saemundsson, 1922)

Photo by Dolgov, A.
 
Apristurus laurussonii
[Iceland catshark]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Apristurus longicephalus Nakaya, 1975

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus longicephalus
[Longhead catshark]

Photo by FAO

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 66 cm TL
Apristurus macrorhynchus (Tanaka, 1909)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus macrorhynchus
[Flathead catshark]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Apristurus macrostomus
[Broadmouth cat shark]

Photo by FAO

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 85 cm TL
Apristurus manis (Springer, 1979)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus manis
[Ghost catshark]

Photo by MNHN

North Atlantic
Max. Length 76.1 cm TL
Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004

Photo by MNHN
 
Apristurus melanoasper
[Black roughscale catshark]

Photo by FAO

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 61 cm TL
Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus microps
[Smalleye catshark]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 37.2 cm TL
 
Apristurus micropterygeus
[Smalldorsal cat shark]

Photo by Iglesias, S.P.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 67.6 cm TL
Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013

Photo by Iglesias, S.P.
 
Apristurus nakayai
[Milk-eye catshark]

Photo by Elasmolab Universidad Austral de Chile

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Apristurus nasutus de Buen, 1959

Photo by Elasmolab Universidad Austral de Chile
 
Apristurus nasutus
[Largenose catshark]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 52 cm TL
Apristurus parvipinnis Springer & Heemstra, 1979

Photo by JAMARC
 
Apristurus parvipinnis
[Smallfin catshark]

Photo by Yang, N.-S.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 83.5 cm TL
Apristurus pinguis Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983

Photo by Yang, N.-S.
 
Apristurus pinguis
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Apristurus platyrhynchus (Tanaka, 1909)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus platyrhynchus
[Borneo catshark]

Photo by Treberg, J.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 54.2 cm TL
Apristurus profundorum (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Photo by Treberg, J.
 
Apristurus profundorum
[Deep-water catshark]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Apristurus riveri
[Broadgill catshark]

Photo by FAO

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 88 cm TL
Apristurus saldanha (Barnard, 1925)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus saldanha
[Saldanha catshark]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 21 cm TL
Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus sibogae
[Pale catshark]

Photo by FAO

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 42 cm TL
Apristurus sinensis Chu & Hu, 1981

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus sinensis
[South China catshark]

Photo by FAO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Apristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus spongiceps
[Spongehead catshark]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Central Pacific

Apristurus stenseni (Springer, 1979)

Photo by FAO
 
Apristurus stenseni
[Panama ghost catshark]
38 Species of Family Scyliorhinidae with Genus Apristurus
(Cat sharks)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1999 Apristurus albisoma Western Pacific 59.6 TL
2008 Apristurus ampliceps Southwest Pacific 85.5 TL
1998 Apristurus aphyodes Northeast Atlantic.
2008 Apristurus australis Indian and Pacific coasts 61.6 TL
2014 Apristurus breviventralis Shortbelly catshark Western Indian Ocean 48.5 TL
1892 Apristurus brunneus Brown catshark Eastern Pacific 69 TL
2008 Apristurus bucephalus Bighead catshark Eastern Indian Ocean 67.5 TL
1979 Apristurus canutus Hoary catshark Western Central Atlantic 45 TL
1999 Apristurus exsanguis Southwest Pacific 90.8 TL
1983 Apristurus fedorovi Northwest Pacific 68.3 TL
2013 Apristurus garricki Pacific Ocean 73.5
1985 Apristurus gibbosus Humpback cat shark Northwest Pacific 410 TL
1934 Apristurus herklotsi Longfin catshark Western Pacific 48.5 TL
1906 Apristurus indicus Smallbelly catshark Western Indian Ocean 34 TL
1988 Apristurus internatus Northwest Pacific 41.9 TL
1962 Apristurus investigatoris Broadnose catshark Eastern Indian Ocean 26 TL
1975 Apristurus japonicus Japanese catshark Northwest Pacific 71 TL
1972 Apristurus kampae Longnose catshark Eastern Central Pacific 58.4 TL
1922 Apristurus laurussonii Iceland catshark Western Atlantic 76 TL
1975 Apristurus longicephalus Longhead catshark Indo-West Pacific 60 TL
1909 Apristurus macrorhynchus Flathead catshark Northwest Pacific 66 TL
1985 Apristurus macrostomus Broadmouth cat shark Northwest Pacific 38 TL
1979 Apristurus manis Ghost catshark Northwest Atlantic 85 TL
2004 Apristurus melanoasper Black roughscale catshark North Atlantic 76.1 TL
1922 Apristurus microps Smalleye catshark Southeast Atlantic 61 TL
1986 Apristurus micropterygeus Smalldorsal cat shark Northwest Pacific 37.2 TL
2013 Apristurus nakayai Milk-eye catshark Pacific Ocean 67.6 TL
1959 Apristurus nasutus Largenose catshark Eastern Pacific 70 TL
1979 Apristurus parvipinnis Smallfin catshark Western Atlantic 52 TL
1983 Apristurus pinguis Northwest Pacific 83.5 TL
1909 Apristurus platyrhynchus Borneo catshark Western Pacific 80 TL
1896 Apristurus profundorum Deep-water catshark Western Atlantic 54.2 TL
1944 Apristurus riveri Broadgill catshark Western Central Atlantic 46 TL
1925 Apristurus saldanha Saldanha catshark Southeast Atlantic 88 TL
1913 Apristurus sibogae Pale catshark Western Central Pacific 21 TL
1981 Apristurus sinensis South China catshark Northwest Pacific 42 TL
1905 Apristurus spongiceps Spongehead catshark Pacific Ocean 50 TL
1979 Apristurus stenseni Panama ghost catshark Eastern Central Pacific



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