Apristurus canutus Springer & Heemstra, 1979 USNM 206180 Paratype
sex: both
length: female: 395 mm TL; male: 319-428 mm TL
date vessel station: 21.05.1967, Oregon I, sta 6703
location: Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands near Anguilla
latitude: 16°53'N
longitude: 61°53'W
FAO-area: 31
depth: 750-840 m
specimens: 5
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19: Springer and Heemstra (in Springer, 1979: 16-18) gave conflicting information about the paratypes of Apristurus canutus. They designated (p. 17) only four specimens as paratypes under their heading "Paratypes": USNM 206180, two adult males, 428 and 395 mm, an immature male, 388 mm, and an adult female, 395 mm. On p. 18, they stated that the type series comprised the holotype and five paratypes, 319-455 mm, and there are five specimens in USNM 206180. Inasmuch as they stated that the holotype was 455 mm, the 319 mm specimen must refer to the fifth specimen, which is an immature male.
length: female: 395 mm TL; male: 319-428 mm TL
date vessel station: 21.05.1967, Oregon I, sta 6703
location: Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands near Anguilla
latitude: 16°53'N
longitude: 61°53'W
FAO-area: 31
depth: 750-840 m
specimens: 5
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19: Springer and Heemstra (in Springer, 1979: 16-18) gave conflicting information about the paratypes of Apristurus canutus. They designated (p. 17) only four specimens as paratypes under their heading "Paratypes": USNM 206180, two adult males, 428 and 395 mm, an immature male, 388 mm, and an adult female, 395 mm. On p. 18, they stated that the type series comprised the holotype and five paratypes, 319-455 mm, and there are five specimens in USNM 206180. Inasmuch as they stated that the holotype was 455 mm, the 319 mm specimen must refer to the fifth specimen, which is an immature male.
Apristurus canutus Springer & Heemstra, 1979 USNM 206176 Holotype
sex: female
length: 455 mm TL
date vessel station: 06.12.1969, Oregon II, sta 10834
location: Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands near Anguilla
latitude: 18°18'N
longitude: 63°23'W
FAO-area: 31
depth: 687 m
specimens: 1
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19:
length: 455 mm TL
date vessel station: 06.12.1969, Oregon II, sta 10834
location: Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands near Anguilla
latitude: 18°18'N
longitude: 63°23'W
FAO-area: 31
depth: 687 m
specimens: 1
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19:
