Apristurus manocheriani

Apristurus manocheriani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Scyliorhinidae
Genus:	Apristurus
Species:	A. manocheriani
Binomial name
	Apristurus manocheriani; Cordova & Ebert 2021

Apristurus manocheriani, also known by its common name Manocherian's catshark, is a species from the genus Apristurus.[1] This species was originally described by Justin A. Cordova and David A. Ebert in 2021.[1]

Etymology

The cat shark is named in honor of Greg Manocherian (b. 1967), an American philanthropist, because of his commitment to shark conservation and research.[2]

Description

The species is a Catshark with a "porcelain" white body color with a pink tint, it has a maximum total length of at least 558 mm for males and 495 mm for females.[1]

Range

Apristurus manocheriani is only found in the southwest Indian Ocean[1]

Taxonomy

The species is part of the Apristurus spongiceps subgroup [3] of the Genus Apristurus.

References

JUSTIN A. CORDOVA; DAVID A. EBERT (7 July 2021). "Apristurus manocheriani (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae), a new species of catshark from the Southwest Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 38. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5081131. ISSN 1937-7835. Wikidata Q107529870.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
Kazuhiro NAKAYA; Keiichi SATO (1999). "Species grouping within the genus Apristurus (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the 5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference. 2000 (2): 329. Wikidata Q107530968.

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[:0-1] JUSTIN A. CORDOVA; DAVID A. EBERT (7 July 2021). "Apristurus manocheriani (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae), a new species of catshark from the Southwest Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 38. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5081131. ISSN 1937-7835. Wikidata Q107529870.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[3] Kazuhiro NAKAYA; Keiichi SATO (1999). "Species grouping within the genus Apristurus (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the 5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference. 2000 (2): 329. Wikidata Q107530968.