Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810a

Ebert, David A., White, William T., Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Last, Peter R., Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Séret, Bernard, Straube, Nicolas, Naylor, Gavin J. P. & De Carvalho, Marcelo R., 2013, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan, Zootaxa 3752 (1), pp. 279-386 : 281

Genus Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810a

Sharpnose Sevengill Sharks / ŁẪḛé

Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810a: 13 . Type species: " Squalus cinereus Lacépède " by original designation, equals S. cinereus Gmelin in Linnaeus & Gmelin, 1789 and a junior synonym of Squalus perlo Bonnaterre, 1788 .

Heptranchias perlo ( Bonnaterre, 1788)

Sharpnose Sevengill Shark / ȀĀŁẪḛ

Squalus perlo Bonnaterre, 1788: 10 . Holotype unknown. Type locality: "La Méditerranée [Mediterranean Sea]".

Local synonymy: Heptranchias perlo: Teng, 1958: 1 , fig. 1; Teng, 1962: 33, fig. 6; Chen, 1963: 4; Shen, 1984a: 50, fig.; Chen & Yu, 1986:108; Ebert, 1990: 70, tab. 3.2; Chen & Joung, 1993: 33–34, pl. 1.3; Shen & Wu, 2011: 77, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (39 spec.) DAE 880904-01 , adult male 746 mm TL, Da-xi, 9 Apr 1988 ; DAE 881104-01 , adult male 780 mm TL , DAE 881104-02 , adult male 795 mm TL, Da-xi, 11 Apr 1988 ; DAE 881204-01 , juvenile female 681 mm TL , DAE 881204-02 , adult female 965 mm TL , DAE 881204-03 , juvenile female 842 mm TL , DAE 881204-04 , adolescent male 727 mm TL , DAE 881204-05 , adolescent male 674 mm TL , DAE 881204-06 , adult female 1130 mm TL Da-xi, 12 April 1988 ; DAE 881604-01 , adult female 1030 mm TL, Da-xi, 16 Apr 1988 ; DAE 880605-01 , adult male 955 mm TL Da-xi, 6 May 1988 ; DAE 880705-01 , adult male 865 mm TL, Da-xi, 7 May 1988 ; DAE 880905-01 , adolescent female 891 mm TL , DAE 880905-02 , adolescent female 980 mm TL , DAE 880905-03 , adult male 955 mm TL, Da-xi, 9 May 1988 ; DAE 881005-01 , adult female 1025 mm TL, Da-xi, 10 May 1988 ; DAE 881205-01 , juvenile female 841 mm TL, Da-xi, 12 May 1988 ; DAE 881305-01 , adult female 1073 mm TL, Da-xi, 13 May 1988 ; DAE 881405-01 , juvenile female 871 mm TL Da-xi, 14 May 1988 ; DAE 882005-01 , juvenile female 725 mm TL , DAE 882005-02 , adolescent male 765 mm TL , DAE 882005-03 , juvenile female 635 mm TL , DAE 882005-04 , 750 mm TL, adolescent male , DAE 882005-05 , juvenile male 690 mm TL Da-xi, 20 May 1988 ; DAE 882205-01 , juvenile female 592 mm TL, Da-xi, 22 May 1988 ; DAE 882505-01 , adult female 1100 mm TL, Da-xi, 25 May 1988 ; DAE 882605-01 , adult female 1005 mm TL, Da-xi, 26 May 1988 ; DAE 882705-01 , adult female 1003 mm TL , DAE 882705-02 , adult female 1073 mm TL , DAE 882705-03 , adult female 1040 mm TL , DAE 882705-01 , 1185 mm TL, adult female, Da-xi, 27 May 1988 ; DAE 882805-02 , 885 mm TL, adolescent female, Da-xi, 28 May 1988 ; CSIRO H 7393-01 (tissue accession GN10096 ), female 597 mm TL, 22°26'N, 120°30'E, Dong-gang, 3 Mar 2012 ; NMMB-P HO-186 (tissue accession GN10073 ), female 900 mm TL, Da-xi, 15 Mar 2012 ; NMMB-P HO-211 , adult male 853 mm TL, Dong-gang, 23 Feb 2012 ; MNHN 2013-0464 , juvenile male 518 mm TL, Dong-gang, 19 Mar 2012 ; AMNH 258164 , juvenile male 591 mm TL , HUMZ 213820 , adult male 874 mm TL ; NMMB-P HO-229 (tissue accession GN10116 ), female 630 mm TL, Dong-gang, 19 Mar 2012 .

Remarks: The species, first reported from Taiwan by Teng (1958) from Da-xi, Yilan, is relatively common at fish markets, especially Da-xi fish market, along the east coast and the landing ground of Dong-gang in the south part of the island.

Conservation status: Near Threatened.