WoRMS taxon details
Apristurus indicus (Brauer, 1906)
217635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217635)
accepted
Species
Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]
Description Found on the continental slopes. Length of immature specimen. Poorly known.
Description Found on the continental slopes. Length of immature specimen. Poorly known. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Apristurus indicus (Brauer, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217635 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). 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). (2026). 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the continental slopes. Length of immature specimen. Poorly known. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smallbelly catshark | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus indicus RAD110210-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinidae RAD110222 and RAD110223 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scylliorhinus indicus RAD110181 Envelope) (from synonym Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scylliorhinus indicus RAD110181-001) (from synonym Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus indicus RAD110210-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinidae RAD110222 and RAD110223 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scylliorhinus indicus RAD110181 Envelope) (from synonym Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scylliorhinus indicus RAD110181-001) (from synonym Scylliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906)
To ITIS
