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GBIF·2418483speciesAnimalia663 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyScyliorhinidae
  6. ›genusApristurus
Apristurus aphyodes
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IUCN LC · Least concern

White ghost catshark

Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998

Also calledHolbiche spectre (fra) · Holbiche-spectre (fra) · Mattaháfur (isl) · Weißer Geister-Katzenhai (deu) · heller Tiefwasserkatzenhai (deu) · hämyaavehai (fin) · máčka severoatlantská (ces) · weisser Geisterkatzenhai (deu)

First described in: Nakaya, K.; W. Stehmann, M. F. (1998). A new species of deep-water catshark, Apristurus aphyodes n. sp., from the eastern North Atlantic (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). <em>Archive of Fishery and Marine Research.</em> 46 (1): 77-90.

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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In the stacks

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Every page naming Apristurus aphyodes in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418483.