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Apristurus yangi White, Mana & Naylor, 2017

Yang’s longnose catshark
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Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Yang’s longnose catshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality of Apristurus yangi. Collected from off Kavieng, New Ireland and from the Vitiaz Strait in Morobe Province at depths of 630 to 786 m (Ref. 116167).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: White, W.T., R.R. Mana and G.J.P. Naylor, 2017
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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);  yangi: In honor of Lei Yang, College of Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina, USA), whose molecular phylogenetic work on sharks and rays has improved our understanding of their alpha taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships. (See ETYFish).

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 630 - 786 m (Ref. 116167).   Tropical

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