Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Museum: Sipadan I., vicinity of Sibuko Bay, southern Sulawesi, USNM 93135 (297 mm, immature male) (Ref. 247).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:
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); platyrhynchus:platys (Gr.), wide; rhynchus (L.), snout, referring to its shorter, wider snout compared with A. macrorhynchus. (See ETYFish). More on author: Tanaka.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 759 - ? m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water; 35°N - 1°N
Distribution
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