Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Pentanchidae > Genus Apristurus

Apristurus manis (Springer, 1979)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Apristurus*	Garman, 1913	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Parmaturus manis*	Springer, 1979	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: ghost catshark sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Geisterkatzenhai; Geister-Tiefwasserkatzenhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: katryklis pamėklė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: кошачья акула-призрак sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула кошача чорна привид

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Apristurus manis, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apristurus manis (Springer, 1979). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105808