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Apristurus macrostomus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985

Broadmouth cat shark
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China country information

Common names: 大口光尾鯊, 大口光尾鲨
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, off Zhujiang, South China Sea (Ref. 26282).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

大口光尾鲨, Laisuu-musthai, Breedbekkathaai, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (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);  macrostomus: macro-, from makros (Gr.), long or large; stomus, from stoma (Gr.), mouth, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its having the widest mouth among its South China Sea congeners. (See ETYFish).

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


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