WoRMS taxon details

Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944

To FishBase images (<i>Apristurus riveri</i>, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To FishBase images (Apristurus riveri, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)

158514  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158514)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Elasmobranchii (Class)
  8. Neoselachii (Subclass)
  9. Selachii (Infraclass)
  10. Galeomorphi (Superorder)
  11. Carcharhiniformes (Order)
  12. Pentanchidae (Family)
  13. Apristurus (Genus)
  14. Apristurus riveri (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bigelow, H. B.; Schroeder, W. C. (1944). New sharks from the western North Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> v. 23: 21-36, Pls. 7-10. [details] 
Distribution Cuba, northern Gulf of Mexico, and Panama  
Distribution Cuba, northern Gulf of Mexico, and Panama [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158514 on 2025-07-17
Date
action
by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Bigelow, H. B.; Schroeder, W. C. (1944). New sharks from the western North Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club.</em> v. 23: 21-36, Pls. 7-10. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] OpenAccess publication

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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Cuba, northern Gulf of Mexico, and Panama [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found at depths of 860 - 1098m. [details]

Reproduction Oviparous, with one egg per oviduct laid at a time [details]
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LanguageName 
English broadgill catshark  [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apristurus riveri) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase images (Apristurus riveri, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada) 
To Genbank 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus riveri RAD110253 thru RAD110256 Envelope) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apristurus riveri RAD110253-002 thru RAD110255-001) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed

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