Apristurus melanoasper, Black roughscale catshark

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Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004

Black roughscale catshark
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Apristurus melanoasper
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Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes(গণ , প্রজাতি ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

ইলাসমোব্রাঙ্কি (হাঙ্গর এবং রে) (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);  melanoasper: melanos (Gr.), black; asper (L.), rough, referring to black body color and rough skin. (See ETYFish).

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


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