Roughskin catshark

The roughskin catshark (Apristurus ampliceps) is a species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae 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.

Roughskin catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. ampliceps
Binomial name
Apristurus ampliceps
Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya, 2008

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

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the roughskin catshark as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[6]

References
  1. R. D. Cavanagh & T. J. Lisney (2003). "Apristurus ampliceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D.; Barker, Jeremy; Kortet, Salme; Freeborn, Michelle (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. 2. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 – via Researchgate.
  6. 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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