Apristurus, Garman, 1913

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7F3B4794-65CF-4691-A330-78A423F2606F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4614723
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A1-9547-FFA0-CFF7-5B63FE3922C6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Apristurus
status

Treatment

Apristurus View in CoL View at ENA sp.

Black Wonder Catshark

Local synonymy: Apristurus View in CoL sp.: Compagno et al., 1991: 77; Ebert et al., 1996: 235; Compagno, 1999: 119; Ebert et al., 2006: 1059.

South Africa voucher material: Uncatalogued specimens at SAIAB and SAM.

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Cape Agulhas (WC) .

Remarks: This species may be a juvenile A. saldanha or a distinctly different species. It is currently under investigation with other South African Apristurus species (D.A. Ebert, unpubl. data).

Conservation status: NE.