Apristurus manocheriani
| Apristurus manocheriani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. manocheriani
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus manocheriani Cordova & Ebert, 2021
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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]
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 [2] of the Genus Apristurus.
References[]
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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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- Apristurus
- Taxa named by Justin A. Cordova
- Taxa named by David A. Ebert
- Fish described in 2021
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