Longfin catshark

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Longfin catshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. herklotsi
Binomial name
Apristurus herklotsi
(Fowler, 1934)

The longfin catshark (Apristurus herklotsi) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific from Japan to the Philippines, and the East and South China Seas, and the Kyūshū-Palau Ridge, at depths between 530 and 865 m. Its length is up to 48 cm.

Etymology

The Catshark is named in honor of botanist and ornithologist G. A. C. Herklots (1902-1986) of the University of Hong Kong.[2]


References

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Bin Ali, A.; Bineesh, K.K.; Chen, X.; Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A.; Fahmi, Fernando, D.; Gautama, D.A.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Maung, A.; Tanay, D.; Utzurrum, J.A.T.; Yuneni, R.R.; Zhang, J.; Herman, K.; Derrick, D. (2020). "Apristurus herklotsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44212A124430498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44212A124430498.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2022.


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