- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderCarcharhiniformes
- ›familyScyliorhinidae
- ›genusApristurus
Ghost catshark
Apristurus manis (Springer, 1979)
Also calledGeister-Tiefwasserkatzenhai (deu) · Geisterkatzenhai (deu) · Holbiche Fantôme (fra) · Holbiche-fantôme (fra) · Pejegato Fantasma (spa) · Spookkathaai (nld) · katryklis pamėklė (lit) · máčka přízračná (ces) · paksuaavehai (fin) · Акула кошача чорна привид (ukr) · Призрачная чёрная кошачья акула (rus) · кошачья акула-призрак (rus)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: The only records of this species from South Africa were caught during an experimental trawl survey in the late 1990 s. One of us examined these specimens (D. A. Ebert, unpubl. data, Sept. 2003) and tentatively identified them as A. cf. manis. However, subsequent to this identification, Sasahara et al. (2008) described a new species A. ampliceps from Australia and New Zealand, which bears strong resemblance to the South African A. cf. manis specimens reported here. Additional specimens of a robust-bodied, A. spongiceps - group, Apristurus collected during a series of surveys in the southwestern Indian Ocean also appears to fit the description of A. ampliceps. A taxonomic revision of southern African Apristurus species is currently in progress, which may shed light on the taxonomic status of this group. Conservation status: NE.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: Four specimens, all uncatalogued at the SAM. South African distribution: Off Cape Town (WC).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Apristurus manis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418474.