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 microps (Gilchrist, 1922)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Apristurus*	Garman, 1913	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scylliorhinus microps*	Gilchrist, 1922	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: Kleinaugen-Tiefwasserkatzenhai; kleinäugiger Katzenhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Ukrainian: Акула кошача чорна дрібноока

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	Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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 images (Apristurus microps, by FAO)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922). 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:105809