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Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944

Broadgill catshark
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Apristurus riveri
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Cuba country information

Common names: Broadgill Catshark, Gatica afilada
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: waters off north of Cuba, MCZ 36092 (holotype of A. riveri, 41.3 cm TL, female) (Ref. 39431). Generally of no interest to fisheries. Also Ref. 244, 26340, 36058.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Holbiche grandes oreilles, Pajegato agallón, قِرش قِطّ كبير الأُذُنَين, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Apristurus: a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; pristis, from pristes (Gr.), sawyer (but here meaning saw); oura (Gr.), tail, referring to absence of saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles along upper edge of caudal fin as found in the closely related Pristiurus (=Galeus). (See ETYFish);  riveri: In honor of biologist-anthropologist Luis Hugo Howell-Rivero (1899-1986), for his contributions to Cuban ichthyology (this shark described from the north coast of Cuba). (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 700 - 1500 m (Ref. 55584).   Deep-water; 30°N - 9°N

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