Author: Cadenat & Maul, 1966

Apristurus maderensis Cadenat & Maul, 1966

Diagnosis: head long; interbranchial septa with a median posteriorly projecting lobe for a distance about equal to two spiracle diameters across the second to the fifth gill openings. First dorsal fin only a little smaller than second dorsal fin; origin of first dorsal fin slightly in advance of the posterior end of the pelvic fin base. Colour: uniformly blackish-brown. Size: to 68 cm (male) or 66.8 cm (female).

Habitat: benthic at 600-800 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: oviparous; the holotype had two horny egg capsules with more than 20 longitudinal striations.

Distribution: off Madeira. Possibly also from Iceland, Bill Bailey's, Lonsy and Great Sole Banks, eastern North Atlantic slope (Compagno, 1985).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Chondrichthyes
Superorder Pleurotremata
Family Scyliorhinidae
Genus Apristurus
Species Apristurus maderensis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Apristurus laurussonii (Saemundsson, 1922)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Apristurus maderensis Cadenat & Maul, 1966

Synonyms:

Apristurus maderensis Cadenat & Maul, 1966
Apristurus maderensis Cadenat & Maul, 1966: Bull. Inst. fr. Afr. noire, (A) 28 (2): 769, fig. 1-4 (Madeira). Holotype: MMF no. 18750.

Common names:

Madeira catshark [En]
Roussette de Madere [Fr]
Pejegato de Madeira [Es]

Cadenat, J.; Maul, G. E. 1966. Note d'Ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XLIII. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Apristurus, Apristurus maderensis. Bull. Inst. fond. Afr. noire, (A) 28 (2): 769-782, 4 fig.

Compagno, L. V. J. 1984-1985. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of sharks species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop, (125) 4, pt 1 (1984), Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes: 1-249; pt 2 (1985), Carcharhiniformes: 250-655.

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