The 43 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, A.L. 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 iterum White, O’Neill & Jayasinghe, 2025 (Copy 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 yangi White, Mana & Naylor, 2017 (Yang’s longnose 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) ==References==