WoRMS taxon details
Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892)
158512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158512)
accepted
Species
Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892) Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158512 on 2025-12-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892) Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on small true shrimps, euphausiid shrimps, squids, and small fishes [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found over muddy or sandy bottoms. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Brown catsharkbrown cat shark | [details] |
| French | roussette | [details] |
| Russian | Коричневая кошачья акула | [details] |
| Spanish | pejegato marrón | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apristurus brunneus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus brunneus RAD109752-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus brunneus RAD109752-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus brunneus RAD109770-001) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus brunneus RAD109770-002) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apristurus brunneus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus brunneus RAD109752-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus brunneus RAD109752-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus brunneus RAD109770-001) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catulus brunneus RAD109770-002) (from synonym Catulus brunneus Gilbert, 1892)
To ITIS