WoRMS taxon details
Apristurus platyrhynchus (Tanaka, 1909)
271349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271349)
accepted
Species
Apristurus acanutus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985 · unaccepted (synonym)
Apristurus verweyi (Fowler, 1934) · unaccepted
Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909) Tanaka, S. (1909). Descriptions of one new genus and ten new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo.</em> v. 27 (art. 8): 1-27, Pl. 1. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Apristurus platyrhynchus (Tanaka, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271349 on 2026-10-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
original description (of Apristurus acanutus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985) Meng, Q.-W.; Y.-D. Zhu, Y.-D.; Li, S. (1985). Description of four new species of Scyliorhinidae from depths of the South China Sea. <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> v. 16 (no. 1): 43-50. [In Chinese, English summary. Second author also seen as Chu Y.-T.]. [details]
original description (of Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909) Tanaka, S. (1909). Descriptions of one new genus and ten new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo.</em> v. 27 (art. 8): 1-27, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Apristurus acanutus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985) Meng, Q.-W.; Y.-D. Zhu, Y.-D.; Li, S. (1985). Description of four new species of Scyliorhinidae from depths of the South China Sea. <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> v. 16 (no. 1): 43-50. [In Chinese, English summary. Second author also seen as Chu Y.-T.]. [details]
original description (of Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909) Tanaka, S. (1909). Descriptions of one new genus and ten new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo.</em> v. 27 (art. 8): 1-27, Pl. 1. [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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Borneo catshark | [details] |
| Japanese | ヘラザメ | [details] |
| Russian | Плоскоголовая черная кошачья акула | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Apristurus acanutus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Apristurus verweyi (Fowler, 1934))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apristurus platyrhynchus)
To FishBase (from synonym Apristurus acanutus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985)
To FishBase (from synonym Apristurus verweyi (Fowler, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus platyrhynchus RAD110260-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus platyrhynchus RAD110261-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentachus verweyi P07847 illustration) (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentachus verweyi P07848 illustration) (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Apristurus acanutus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Apristurus verweyi (Fowler, 1934))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apristurus platyrhynchus)
To FishBase (from synonym Apristurus acanutus Chu, Meng & Li, 1985)
To FishBase (from synonym Apristurus verweyi (Fowler, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Scyliorhinus platyrhynchus Tanaka, 1909)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus platyrhynchus RAD110260-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus platyrhynchus RAD110261-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentachus verweyi P07847 illustration) (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentachus verweyi P07848 illustration) (from synonym Pentanchus verweyi Fowler, 1934)
To ITIS
