Brown catshark (Apristurus brunneus)

General data

Main name: Brown catshark
Local names: Brown cat shark, Brown cat shark
Habitat: Saltwater

Classification

Genus: Apristurus - Apristurus
Family: Pentanchidae - Deepwater catsharks
Order: Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Class: Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays
Superclass: Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes

Taxonomy of Fishes

Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
- Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays->
  - Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks->
  - Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks->
    
    Carcharhinidae - Requiem sharks->
    
    Scyliorhinidae - Cat sharks->
    
    Pentanchidae - Deepwater catsharks->
    
    Galeus - Galeus->
    
    Apristurus - Apristurus->
    
    Apristurus albisoma (Apristurus albisoma)
    
    Apristurus ampliceps (Apristurus ampliceps)
    
    White ghost catshark (Apristurus aphyodes)
    
    Apristurus australis (Apristurus australis)
    
    Shortbelly catshark (Apristurus breviventralis)
    
    Brown catshark (Apristurus brunneus)
    
    Bighead catshark (Apristurus bucephalus)
    
    Hoary catshark (Apristurus canutus)
    
    Apristurus exsanguis (Apristurus exsanguis)
    
    Apristurus fedorovi (Apristurus fedorovi)
    
    Apristurus garricki (Apristurus garricki)
    
    Humpback cat shark (Apristurus gibbosus)
    
    Longfin catshark (Apristurus herklotsi)
    
    Smallbelly catshark (Apristurus indicus)
    
    Apristurus internatus (Apristurus internatus)
    
    Broadnose catshark (Apristurus investigatoris)
    
    Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus)
    
    Longnose catshark (Apristurus kampae)
    
    Iceland catshark (Apristurus laurussonii)
    
    Longhead catshark (Apristurus longicephalus)
    
    Flathead catshark (Apristurus macrorhynchus)
    
    Broadmouth cat shark (Apristurus macrostomus)
    
    Ghost catshark (Apristurus manis)
    
    Manocherian’s catshark (Apristurus manocheriani)
    
    Black roughscale catshark (Apristurus melanoasper)
    
    Smalleye catshark (Apristurus microps)
    
    Smalldorsal cat shark (Apristurus micropterygeus)
    
    Milk-eye catshark (Apristurus nakayai)
    
    Largenose catshark (Apristurus nasutus)
    
    Smallfin catshark (Apristurus parvipinnis)
    
    Apristurus pinguis (Apristurus pinguis)
    
    Borneo catshark (Apristurus platyrhynchus)
    
    Deep-water catshark (Apristurus profundorum)
    
    Broadgill catshark (Apristurus riveri)
    
    Saldanha catshark (Apristurus saldanha)
    
    Pale catshark (Apristurus sibogae)
    
    South China catshark (Apristurus sinensis)
    
    Spongehead catshark (Apristurus spongiceps)
    
    Panama ghost catshark (Apristurus stenseni)
    
    Yang’s longnose catshark (Apristurus yangi)
    
    Asymbolus - Asymbolus->
    
    Bythaelurus - Bythaelurus->
    
    Cephalurus - Cephalurus->
    
    Figaro - Figaro->
    
    Halaelurus - Halaelurus->
    
    Haploblepharus - Haploblepharus->
    
    Holohalaelurus - Holohalaelurus->
    
    Parmaturus - Parmaturus->
    
    Pentanchus - Pentanchus->
    
    Triakidae - Houndsharks->
    
    Sphyrnidae - Hammerheads->
    
    Atelomycteridae - Coloured catsharks->
    
    Galeocerdonidae - Tiger sharks->
    
    Hemigaleidae - Weasel sharks->
    
    Leptochariidae - Barbeled houndsharks->
    
    Proscylliidae - Finback catsharks->
    
    Pseudotriakidae - False catsharks->
  - Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays->
  - Torpediniformes - Electric rays->
  - Rajiformes - Skates and rays->
  - Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark->
  - Squatiniformes - Angelsharks->
  - Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks->
  - Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks->
  - Myliobatiformes - Stingrays->
  - Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks->
  - Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks->
  - Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks->
- Holocephali - Chimaeras->
Agnatha - Jawless fishes->