melanoasper, Apristurus Iglésias [S. P.], Nakaya [K. (1)] & Stehmann [M. F. W.] 2004:346, Figs. 1-5 [Cybium v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 28061] Lorien Bank, 54°21.5'-54°22.0'N, 19°28.1'-19°44.4'W, North Atlantic, depth 1243-1260 meters. Holotype: MNHN 2000-1757. Paratypes: ARC 8602997 (3);MCZ 125408 (1); MNHN 1999-0780 (1), 1999-0782 (1), 1999-0783 (1), 2000-1754 (1), 2000-1755 (1), 2000-1756 (1), 2000-1758 (1), 2000-1759-60 (2), 2000-1761-63 (3), 2000-1768 (1), 2001-1111 (1); ZMH 25526 [ex ISH 26-1974] (1), 25527 [ex 49-1974] (1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Thiel et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30918]. •Valid as Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann 2004 -- (Nakaya et al. 2008:61 [ref. 29711], Hartel et al. 2008:319 [ref. 29890], Castro 2011:307 [ref. 31457], Naylor et al. 2012:42 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Iglésias 2013:517 [ref. 32534], Kawauchi et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33554], Rodríguez-Cabello et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33675], Nakaya et al. 2015:82 [ref. 34218], Weigmann 2016:32 [ref. 34211], Bañón et al. 2016:301 [ref. 34397], White et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35594], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:65 [ref. 37302], Cordova & Ebert 2021:23 [ref. 38414], Bañón & Mano 2022:9 [ref. 40121], Page et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40505], White et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40185], Leeney 2024:47 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Apristurus melanoasper Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann 2004. Pentanchidae. Distribution: North Atlantic; southeastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then east to Australia, New Zealand region and off New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.