Apristurus iterum, Copy catshark

Apristurus iterum White, O’Neill & Jayasinghe, 2025

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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Apristurus: a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; pristis, from pristes (Gr.), sawyer (but here meaning saw); oura (Gr.), tail, referring to absence of saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles along upper edge of caudal fin as found in the closely related Pristiurus (=Galeus) (See ETYFish); iterum: Name 'iterum' from the Latin adverb meaning 'again, a second time, or once more', in allusion to the discovery of a new species of Apristurus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 540 - 560 m (Ref. 138162). Subtropical

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Western Central Pacific: Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 53.7 cm TL (female)

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This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: head moderately long and broad, head length 22.4% TL, interorbital space 7.0% TL; snout moderately long, pre-oral length 9.3% TL, preorbital length 9.5% TL; mouth very wide, its width 10.7% TL; pelvic-anal space 3.4% TL; anal fin large, base length 17.7% TL, posterior margin 12.5% TL; prepectoral length relatively long, 21.9% TL; labial furrows long, not confined to mouth corners, uppers longer than lowers (3.9 vs. 2.3% TL); enlarged denticles absent on upper or lower caudal fin; 35 monospondylous centra; 35 precaudal-diplospondylous vertebrae; precaudal centra 70; females mature by 537 mm TL; and egg case small (49.4-67.6 mm long), with 10-14 weakly T-shaped ridges on dorsal and ventral surfaces (Ref. 138162)
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing

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White, W.T., H.L. O'Neill and S.A. Jayasinghe, 2025. Apristurus iterum, a new shark discovered based on egg case morphology and sequence data obtained from a formalin-fixed specimen. J Fish Biol. 1-17. (Ref. 138162)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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