Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Apristurus stenseni
Tiburon pejegato panameño, Panama ghost catshark
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Pentanchidae
Genus
Apristurus
Species
stenseni
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Parmaturus stenseni Springer, 1979 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Migrant
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Apristurus stenseni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24983. Accessed 5 November 2026.