WoRMS taxon details
Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922)
105809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105809)
accepted
Species
Pentanchus microps (Gilchrist, 1922) · unaccepted
Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]
Distribution A specimen from near Veatch Canyon (39° 48N, 69° 45'W)
Distribution A specimen from near Veatch Canyon (39° 48N, 69° 45'W) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105809 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution A specimen from near Veatch Canyon (39° 48N, 69° 45'W) [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smalleye catshark | [details] |
| German | kleinäugiger KatzenhaiKleinaugen-Tiefwasserkatzenhai | [details] |
| Lithuanian | mažaakis juodasis katryklis | [details] |
| Russian | малоглазая чёрная кошачья акула | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Акула кошача чорна дрібноока | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pentanchus microps (Gilchrist, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apristurus microps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pentanchus microps (Gilchrist, 1922))
To FishBase (from synonym Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase images (Apristurus microps, by FAO)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pentanchus microps (Gilchrist, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apristurus microps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pentanchus microps (Gilchrist, 1922))
To FishBase (from synonym Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase images (Apristurus microps, by FAO)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
