Atlantic ghost cat shark vs five-leaf crotalaria

Apristurus laurussonii compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic ghost cat shark	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Chondrichthyes (軟骨魚綱)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Carcharhiniformes (メジロザメ目)	Fabales (マメ目)
Family	Scyliorhinidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Apristurus	Crotalaria
Species	Apristurus laurussonii	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Atlantic ghost cat shark

LC — Least Concern

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic ghost cat shark	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic ghost cat shark

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Venezuela.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Atlantic ghost cat shark

The Atlantic ghost cat shark (Apristurus laurussonii) is a species in the genus Apristurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.