Apristurus microps — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Elasmobranchii/Carcharhiniformes/Scyliorhinidae/Apristurus

At a glance

Occurrence records211

Data sources9

Biological traits7

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Apristurus microps's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility80 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System131 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS211 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

The smalleye catshark (Apristurus microps) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the southeast Atlantic at depths between 700 and 2,000 m. It can grow up to 61 cm. The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length61 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebathydemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max2 200 m

Depth min1 000 m

Vulnerability44.4

05DNA & barcoding5 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Apristurus microps has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type211 records

Wild obs. + sensor88

Museum / vouchered78

Other45

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO392 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight69

1–4 km midnight15

>4 km abyssal0

median 810 m · max 2 100 m · 85 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤10 km 1>10 km 2

12 georeferenced · 76 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor88

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 78 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence78

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	22
Paris, FR	4
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	4
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	4
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record	2
FishBaselocation not on record	2

6 institutions · 38 of 78 vouchered records shown · 29 without an institution code