Panama ghost catshark

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Concha, F. |author2=Ebert, D.A. |author3=Herman, K. |author4=Kyne, P.M. |date=2020 |title=Apristurus stenseni |volume=2020 |page=e.T44574A124433501 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44574A124433501.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| taxon = Apristurus stenseni

| authority = (S. Springer, 1979)

| range_map = Apristurus stenseni distmap.png

}}

The Panama ghost catshark (Apristurus stenseni) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This little known catshark is only found off Panama, between 9°N and 2°N. The reproduction of the Panama ghost shark is oviparous.

Etymology

The catshark is named in honor of Danish geologist and anatomist Niels Stensen (1638-1686), also known as Nicolas Steno.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/carcharhiniformes/ | title = Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE | access-date = 18 January 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018 | archive-date = 27 January 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160127171408/http://www.etyfish.org/carcharhiniformes/ | url-status = dead }}

References

{{FishBase | genus = Apristurus | species = stenseni | month = July | year = 2006}}

Panama ghost catshark

Category:Fish of Panama

Category:Taxa named by Stewart Springer

Panama ghost catshark