Apristurus

Classification

Genus: Apristurus
Family: Pentanchidae - Deepwater catsharks
Order: Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Class: Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays
Superclass: Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes

Species

Apristurus albisoma

Largenose catshark
(Apristurus nasutus)

Milk-eye catshark
(Apristurus nakayai)

Smalldorsal cat shark
(Apristurus micropterygeus)

Smalleye catshark
(Apristurus microps)

Black roughscale catshark
(Apristurus melanoasper)

Manocherian’s catshark
(Apristurus manocheriani)

Ghost catshark
(Apristurus manis)

Broadmouth cat shark
(Apristurus macrostomus)

Smallfin catshark
(Apristurus parvipinnis)

Apristurus pinguis

Panama ghost catshark
(Apristurus stenseni)

Spongehead catshark
(Apristurus spongiceps)

South China catshark
(Apristurus sinensis)

Pale catshark
(Apristurus sibogae)

Saldanha catshark
(Apristurus saldanha)

Broadgill catshark
(Apristurus riveri)

Deep-water catshark
(Apristurus profundorum)

Borneo catshark
(Apristurus platyrhynchus)

Flathead catshark
(Apristurus macrorhynchus)

Longhead catshark
(Apristurus longicephalus)

Apristurus exsanguis

Hoary catshark
(Apristurus canutus)

Bighead catshark
(Apristurus bucephalus)

Brown catshark
(Apristurus brunneus)

Shortbelly catshark
(Apristurus breviventralis)

Apristurus australis

Apristurus aphyodes

Apristurus ampliceps

Apristurus fedorovi

Apristurus garricki

Iceland catshark
(Apristurus laurussonii)

Longnose catshark
(Apristurus kampae)

Japanese catshark
(Apristurus japonicus)

Broadnose catshark
(Apristurus investigatoris)

Apristurus internatus

Smallbelly catshark
(Apristurus indicus)

Longfin catshark
(Apristurus herklotsi)

Humpback cat shark
(Apristurus gibbosus)

Yang’s longnose catshark
(Apristurus yangi)

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