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Panama ghost catshark
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Pentanchidae
Genus:	Apristurus
Species:	A. stenseni
Binomial name
Apristurus stenseni (S. Springer, 1979)

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.

References

1. Concha, F.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Apristurus stenseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44574A124433501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44574A124433501.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARCHARHINIFORMES (Ground Sharks): Families PENTANCHIDAE, SCYLIORHINIDAE, PROSCYLLIIDAE, PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE, LEPTOCHARIIDAE, TRIAKIDAE, HEMIGALEIDAE, CARCHARHINIDAE and SPHYRNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus stenseni". FishBase. July 2006 version.

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