Roughskin catshark
| Roughskin catshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. ampliceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus ampliceps | |
The roughskin catshark (Apristurus ampliceps) is a species of catshark in the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is found near Australia and New Zealand.[2][3] Its natural habitat is the open seas.[2] This species belongs to a genus of poorly known deep-water catsharks.
This species was first described in 2008 by Ryohei Sasahara, Keiichi Sato & Kazuhiro Nakaya.[2][4]
Very little is known of its biology.[5] This species is known to occur in deep water (840 to 1,380 m) off New Zealand, sporadic sites around Tasmania, and a small area of Western Australia.[2] Some concern exists for this species, as its distribution includes some heavily fished areas. Deep-water demersal trawl fisheries are expanding in the region, and assuming its biology is like other deep-water shark species, it may not be sufficiently fecund to withstand the exploitation pressure.
Conservation status
[edit]The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the roughskin catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Kyne, P.M.; Cavanagh, R.D.; Lisney, T.J. (2015). "Apristurus ampliceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42701A68608709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42701A68608709.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Sasahara, Ryohei; Sato, Keiichi; Nakaya, Kazuhiro (26 June 2008). "A new species of deepwater catshark, Apristurus ampliceps sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), from New Zealand and Australia" (PDF). Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper. 22: 93–104 – via CSIRO.
- ^ Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D.; Barker, Jeremy; Kortet, Salme; Freeborn, Michelle (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. Vol. 2. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805.
- ^ Roberts, CD; Stewart, AL; Struthers, CD; Barker, JJ; Kortet, S (7 July 2017). Checklist of the Fishes of New Zealand: Online Version 1.0 (PDF). Wellington: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. p. 11.
- ^ Ferrón Jiménez, Humberto; Paredes-Aliaga, M.V.; Martinez-Perez, Carlos; Botella, H. (2018). "Bioluminescent-like squamation in the galeomorph shark Apristurus ampliceps (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)". Contributions to Zoology. 87 (3): 187–196. doi:10.1163/18759866-08703004. hdl:10550/85589 – via Researchgate.
- ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.
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