THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Pentanchidae · Clear filter
58 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret, 1999 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya, 2008 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white ghost catsharkApristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus australis Sato, Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown catsharkApristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus bucephalus White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus drona Sweta & Bineesh, 2026 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Robust deepwater flat-nose catsharkApristurus fedorovi Dolganov, 1983 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus herklotsi (Fowler, 1934) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smallbelly catsharkApristurus indicus (Brauer, 1906) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus investigatoris (Misra, 1962) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus iterum White, O'Neil & Jayasinghe, 2025 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iceland catsharkApristurus laurussonii (Saemundsson, 1922) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flathead catsharkApristurus macrorhynchus (Tanaka, 1909) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smalleye catsharkApristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| deepsea cat sharkApristurus profundorum (Goode & Bean, 1896) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| broadgill catsharkApristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asymbolus analis (Ogilby, 1885) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asymbolus funebris Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asymbolus pallidus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asymbolus parvus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lollipop cat sharkCephalurus cephalus (Gilbert, 1892) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus antillensis Springer, 1979 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| marbled cat sharkGaleus arae (Nichols, 1927) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic sawtail catsharkGaleus atlanticus (Vaillant, 1888) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus cadenati Springer, 1966 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus corriganae White, Mana & Naylor, 2016 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus eastmani (Jordan & Snyder, 1904) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus gracilis Compagno & Stevens, 1993 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus longirostris Tachikawa & Taniuchi, 1987 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black-mouthed dogfishGaleus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus mincaronei Soto, 2001 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus murinus (Collett, 1904) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus piperatus Springer & Wagner, 1966 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus priapus Séret & Last, 2008 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus sauteri (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus schultzi Springer, 1979 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galeus springeri Konstantinou & Cozzi, 1998 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackspotted catsharkHalaelurus buergeri (Müller & Henle, 1838) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lined catsharkHalaelurus lineatus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1975 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holohalaelurus grennian Human, 2006 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holohalaelurus melanostigma (Norman, 1939) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African spotted catsharkHolohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
58 records · page 1 of 2
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.