Pentanchidae

ghost catshark

Apristurus manis

Ghostlike along slopes nearly two thousand meters deep

• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• North America
• Large

The ghost catshark (Apristurus manis) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This species is found on the continental slopes in the northwest Atlantic off Massachusetts, the northeast Atlantic from the Porcupine Bank west of Ireland and the southern Atlantic off Cape Town, at depths between 600 and 1,900 metres (2,000 and 6,200 ft).