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GBIF·2418449speciesAnimalia140 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusApristurus
Apristurus macrorhynchus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Flathead catshark

Apristurus macrorhynchus (Tanaka, 1909)

Also calledFlachköpfiger Katzenhai (deu) · Holbiche Torazame (fra) · Naga-herazame (jpn) · Nagaherazame (jpn) · Pejegato Chato (spa) · Platkopkathaai (nld) · Длиннорылая черная кошачья акула (rus) · Длиннорылая чёрная кошачья акула (rus) · ナガヘラザメ (jpn) · 大吻光尾鯊 (zho) · 廣吻篦鮫 (zho) · 廣吻篦鯊 (zho) · 沙魚 (zho)

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Apristurus macrorhynchus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418449.