Apristurus, Garman, 1913

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:255EE06E-3171-41F3-BB3D-E7D29537A292

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983047

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scientific name

Apristurus
status

 

Apristurus sp. 1

Papuan Shortsnout Catshark

Local synonymy: White et al., 2017e: 37, Figs 11C, 12C ( Astrolabe Bay ); White et al., 2018: 108, figs ( PNG) . PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) ASIZ P0080719, juvenile male 250 mm TL, Astrolabe Bay , Madang, 05°22.530' S, 145°55.550' E, 851–865 m depth, 6 Oct 2010 GoogleMaps .

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by White et al. (2017e); belongs to the brunneus -group of the genus Apristurus ; only known from a single juvenile specimen without supporting genetic samples making species identification very difficult. More specimens needed to determine the identity of this species.