Apristurus

Apristurus is a genus of catsharks, the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks.

Species
The 39 currently recognized species in this genus are:
 * Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret, 1999 (white-bodied catshark)
 * Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya, 2008 (roughskin catshark)
 * Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 (white ghost catshark)
 * Apristurus australis Sato Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008 (Pinocchio catshark)
 * Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014 (shortbelly catshark)
 * Apristurus brunneus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (brown catshark)
 * Apristurus bucephalus W. T. White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008 (bighead catshark)
 * Apristurus canutus S. Springer & Heemstra, 1979 (hoary catshark)
 * Apristurus exsanguis Sato, Nakaya & A. L. Stewart, 1999 (flaccid catshark)
 * Apristurus fedorovi Dolganov, 1985 (Fedorov's catshark)
 * Apristurus garricki Sato, Stewart & Nakaya, 2013 (Garrick's catshark)
 * Apristurus gibbosus Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1985 (humpback catshark)
 * Apristurus herklotsi Fowler, 1934 (longfin catshark)
 * Apristurus indicus A. B. Brauer, 1906 (smallbelly catshark)
 * Apristurus internatus S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1988 (shortnose demon catshark)
 * Apristurus investigatoris Misra, 1962 (broadnose catshark)
 * Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975 (Japanese catshark)
 * Apristurus kampae L. R. Taylor, 1972 (longnose catshark)
 * Apristurus laurussonii Sæmundsson, 1922 (Iceland catshark)
 * Apristurus longicephalus Nakaya, 1975 (longhead catshark)
 * Apristurus macrorhynchus S. Tanaka (I), 1909 (flathead catshark)
 * Apristurus macrostomus Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1985 (broadmouth catshark)
 * Apristurus manis S. Springer, 1979 (ghost catshark)
 * Apristurus manocheriani Cordova & Ebert 2021, (Manocherian's Catshark)
 * Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004 (black roughscale catshark)
 * Apristurus microps Gilchrist, 1922 (smalleye catshark)
 * Apristurus micropterygeus Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1986 (smalldorsal catshark)
 * Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 (milk-eye catshark)
 * Apristurus nasutus F. de Buen, 1959 (largenose catshark)
 * Apristurus ovicorrugatus White, O'Neill, Devloo-Delva, Nakaya & Iglésias, 2023 (ridged-egg catshark)
 * Apristurus parvipinnis S. Springer, 1979 & Heemstra, 1979 (smallfin catshark)
 * Apristurus pinguis S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1983 (bulldog catshark)
 * Apristurus platyrhynchus S. Tanaka (I), 1909 (spatulasnout catshark or Borneo catshark)
 * Apristurus profundorum Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (deepwater catshark)
 * Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (broadgill catshark)
 * Apristurus saldanha Barnard, 1925 (Saldanha catshark)
 * †Apristurus sereti ADNET, 2006
 * Apristurus sibogae M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (pale catshark)
 * Apristurus sinensis Y. T. Chu & A. S. Hu, 1981 (South China catshark)
 * Apristurus spongiceps C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (spongehead catshark)
 * Apristurus stenseni S. Springer, 1979, 1979 (Panama ghost catshark)
 * Apristurus sp. X Not yet described (Galbraith's catshark)
 * Apristurus sp. 3 Not yet described (black wonder catshark)
 * Apristurus sp. nov. Not yet described (white-edged catshark)
 * Apristurus sp. Not yet described (gray ghost catshark)