Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Scyliorhinidae > Genus Apristurus

Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Apristurus*	Garman, 1913	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: white ghost catshark sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: White Ghost Catshark sources: english PESI focal point

German: heller Tiefwasserkatzenhai; weisser Geisterkatzenhai

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 - Chondrichthyes, 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. 358-360
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Link To FishBase
Link To GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2010). Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998. In: Nicolas Bailly (2010). FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105806

Image

Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status DD 2004 This species is data deficient, there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

This species is data deficient, there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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