Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 42species Apristurus acanutus Meng, Chu & Li, 1985
- Flatnose Cat Shark
species Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret, 1999
species Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya, 2008
species Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998
species Apristurus atlanticus (Koefoed, 1927)
- Atlantic Ghost Cat Shark
species Apristurus australis Sato, Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008
species Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014
species Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892)
- Brown Cat Shark
species Apristurus bucephalus White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008
species Apristurus canutus Springer & Heemstra in Springer, 1979
- Hoary Cat Shark
species Apristurus exsanguis Sato, Nakaya & Stewart, 1999
species Apristurus fedorovi Dolganov, 1983
- Federov's catshark
species Apristurus garricki Sato, Stewart & Nakaya, 2013
species Apristurus gibbosus Meng, Chu & Li, 1985
- Humpback Cat Shark
species Apristurus herklotsi (Fowler, 1934)
- Longfin Cat Shark
species Apristurus indicus (Brauer, 1906)
species Apristurus internatus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1988
species Apristurus investigatoris (Misra, 1962)
species Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975
- Japanese Cat Shark
species Apristurus kampae Taylor, 1972
- Longnose Cat Shark
species Apristurus laurussonii (Saemundsson, 1922)
- Flathead Cat Shark
species Apristurus longicephalus Nakaya, 1975
- Longhead Cat Shark
species Apristurus macrorhynchus (Tanaka, 1909)
species Apristurus macrostomus Meng, Chu & Li, 1985
- Broadmouth Cat Shark
species Apristurus manis (Springer, 1979)
- Ghost Cat Shark
species Apristurus manocheriani Cordova & Ebert, 2021
- Manocherian's Catshark
species Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004
species Apristurus microps Gilchrist, 1922
species Apristurus micropterygeus Meng, Chu & Li in Chu, Meng & Li, 1986
species Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013
species Apristurus nasutus de Buen, 1959
- Largenose Catshark
species Apristurus parvipinnis Springer & Heemstra in Springer, 1979
species Apristurus pinguis Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983
species Apristurus platyrhynchus (Tanaka, 1909)
- Borneo Cat Shark
species Apristurus profundorum (Goode & Bean, 1896)
- Deepwater Cat Shark
species Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944
- Broadgill Cat Shark
species Apristurus saldanha (Barnard, 1925)
species Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913)
- Pale Cat Shark
species Apristurus sinensis Chu & Hu in Chu, Meng, Hu & Li, 1981
species Apristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905)
species Apristurus stenseni (Springer, 1979)
- Panama Ghost Cat Shark
species Apristurus yangi White, Mana & Naylor, 2017
Links and literature
AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [genus/314]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Apristurus Garman, 1913]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1096245]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Apristurus Garman, 1913]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
Australian Faunal Directory [f4aaa359-8018-40aa-a9fd-615162870343]
ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Apristurus Garman, 1913]
Data retrieved on: 20 January 2015