Apristurus japonicus, Japanese catshark : fisheries

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Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975

Japanese catshark
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Apristurus japonicus
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (Haie und Rochen) (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);  japonicus: -icus (L.), belonging to: Japan, known only from the northwest Pacific off Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. (See ETYFish).

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


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