Apristurus atlanticus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Cat sharks ; Poorly known. The only specimen known was collected from the yellow mud bottom of the Atlantic continental slope . Oviparous [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Ecology: This species is known only from the holotype, a 24.7 cm TL immature male caught near the Canary Islands at 1,365 m depth, over a yellow mud bottom .

Apristurus species are relatively small, sluggish sharks that live on or near the bottom on the upper continental slope . Diet includes crustaceans (penaeid shrimps, euphausiids ), squids and small fishes . Where known reproduction is oviparous with one egg per oviduct . Egg cases are usually thick-walled and about 5 to 6.8 cm long and 2.5 to 2.9 cm wide. The anterior end of the case has a long weak fibrous thread on each corner. The posterior end usually has two small processes, each with a long coiled tendril . As in shallow water scyliorhinids the coiled tendrils are probably used to attach the egg cases to hard substrates and/or biogenic structures as they are laid.[2]


List of Habitats : 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Apristurus atlanticus • Scylliorhinus atlanticus • Scylliorhinus atlanticus Koefoed • Scylliorhinus atlanticus Koefoed, 1927

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Compagno L.J.V., Data last modified by FishBase 27-Oct-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Apristurus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. acanutus (Flatnose Cat Shark) · A. albisoma (Whitish Catshark) · A. ampliceps (Roughskin Catshark) · A. aphyodes (White Ghost Catshark) · A. atlanticus (Atlantic Catshark) · A. australis (Pinocchio Catshark) · A. brunneus (Brown Cat Shark) · A. bucephalus (Bighead Catshark) · A. canutus (Hoary Cat Shark) · A. exsanguis (Deepwater Catshark) · A. fedorovi (Stout Catshark) · A. gibbosus (Humpback Cat Shark) · A. herklotsi (Longfin Cat Shark) · A. indicus (Smallbelly Cat Shark) · A. internatus (Shortnose Demon Catshark) · A. investigatoris (Broadnose Cat Shark) · A. japonicus (Japanese Cat Shark) · A. kampae (Longnose Cat Shark) · A. laurussoni (Atlantic Ghost Cat Shark) · A. laurussonii (Flathead Catshark) · A. longicephalus (Smooth-Belly Catshark) · A. macrorhynchus (Flathead Cat Shark) · A. macrostomus (Broadmouth Cat Shark) · A. manis (Ghost Cat Shark) · A. melanoasper (Black Roughscale Catshark) · A. microps (Smalleye Cat Shark) · A. micropterygeus (Smalldorsal Cat Shark) · A. nasutus (Largenose Cat Shark) · A. parvipinnis (Smallfin Cat Shark) · A. parvipinnisin (Smallfin Cat Shark) · A. pinguis (Fat Catshark) · A. platyrhynchus (Spatulasnout Cat Shark) · A. profundorum (Deep-Water Catshark) · A. riveri (Broadgill Cat Shark) · A. saldanha (Saldanha Cat Shark) · A. sibogae (Pale Catshark Pale Catshark) · A. sinensis (South China Cat Shark) · A. spongiceps (Spongehead Cat Shark) · A. stenseni (Panama Ghost Cat Shark)

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Further Reading

• Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 613.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 653, p. 788.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url , p. 1, p. 1, p. 182, p. 49, p. 5, p. 50.
• The Diversity of the Seas: a regional approach. WCMC Biodiversity Series 4 WCMC url p. 46.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Compagno, Leonard J.V. (from FishBase).
• FishBase 2006.
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Huveneers, C. & Duffy, C. 2004. Apristurus atlanticus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Shark Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 120482
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22997
• Fishbase Species ID: 762
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14160869
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 160004
• IUCN ID: 44208
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102814

Footnotes

1. Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds (1997). Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264:1309-1315. [back]
2. Huveneers, C. & Duffy, C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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