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Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922) 
AphiaID: 105809

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Scyliorhinidae (Family) > Apristurus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Apristurus Garman, 1913
Synonymised
taxa
  Pentanchus microps (Gilchrist, 1922)
Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Moore, J. A., M. Vecchione, B.B. Collette, and R. Gibbons. (2002) The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. Paper CM 2002/M:25, ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary, 1-5 October 2002, Copenhagen [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English smalleye catshark  [details]
German Kleinaugen-Tiefwasserkatzenhai  [details]
German kleinäugiger Katzenhai  [details]
Lithuanian mažaakis juodasis katryklis  [details]
Russian малоглазая чёрная кошачья акула  [details]
Ukrainian Акула кошача чорна дрібноока  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: A specimen from near Veatch Canyon (39° 48N, 69° 45'W) [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105809
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Apristurus microps. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105809 on 2013-05-19
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