Elasmobranchii (hajar och rockor) (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); parvipinnis:parvus (L.), small; pinnis (L.), fin, referring to first dorsal fin 2-4 times smaller than second dorsal fin. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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