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Apristurus nakayai
Iglésias, 2012
Milk-eye catshark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Pentanchidae
Reference of the original description
Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia. Cybium, 36(4), 511–519
Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia. Cybium, 36(4), 511–519
Image of the original description
Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2012, images of the original description; © Samuel Paco Iglésias
Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2012, images of the original description; © Samuel Paco Iglésias
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Citation: Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2012: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 02/2025
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Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2012, holotype MNHN 2003-1983, adult male, 676 mm TL, Scale bars = 5 cm; © Samuel Paco Iglésias
Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2012, holotype MNHN 2003-1983, adult male, 676 mm TL, Scale bars = 5 cm; © Samuel Paco Iglésias
Common names
Milk-eye catshark
Milk-eye catshark
Short Description
Original diagnose after Iglésias 2012 [18076]: “A medium-sized species of Apristurus of the brunneus group with the following combination of characters: shiny white iris on fresh specimen; brownish black colouration; short interspace from P1 free rear tip to P2 origin, subequal to internarial width; midpoint of the total length located well behind cloaca; pectoral fins large, width about 2.7 times P1 tip-P2 origin; long anal-fin base, longer than D1 insertion- D2 insertions; first dorsal fin located well behind pelvic-fin insertion; first dorsal fin markedly smaller than second one; long caudal fin terminal lobe, its length more than twice its height; no denticles in the mouth; very short pyloric stomach; intestinal spiral valves 16; monospondylous vertebrae 36; precaudal diplospondylous vertebrae 37.”
Original diagnose after Iglésias 2012 [18076]: “A medium-sized species of Apristurus of the brunneus group with the following combination of characters: shiny white iris on fresh specimen; brownish black colouration; short interspace from P1 free rear tip to P2 origin, subequal to internarial width; midpoint of the total length located well behind cloaca; pectoral fins large, width about 2.7 times P1 tip-P2 origin; long anal-fin base, longer than D1 insertion- D2 insertions; first dorsal fin located well behind pelvic-fin insertion; first dorsal fin markedly smaller than second one; long caudal fin terminal lobe, its length more than twice its height; no denticles in the mouth; very short pyloric stomach; intestinal spiral valves 16; monospondylous vertebrae 36; precaudal diplospondylous vertebrae 37.”
Distribution
only known from the Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific Ocean [18076]
only known from the Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific Ocean [18076]
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=13257;
shark-references Species-ID=13257;
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