Heterodontidae Gray, 1851

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 : 301-302

Family Heterodontidae Gray, 1851

Bullhead Sharks / Ǎǿḛḕ

Genus Heterodontus Blainville, 1816

Bullhead Sharks / Ǎǿḛé

Heterodontus Blainville, 1816: 121 . Type species: “ Philippi? ” = Squalus philippi Bloch & Schneider, 1801 , by monotypy, a junior synonym of Squalus portus jacksoni Meyer, 1793 .

Heterodontus japonicus Miklouho-Maclay & Macleay, 1884

Japanese Bullhead Shark / ƂÂǍǿḛ

Heterodontus japonicus Miklouho-Maclay & Macleay, 1884: 428 , pl. 20. Holotype: AMS B. 68, female from Tokyo, Japan.

Local synonymy: Heterodontus japonicus: Chen, 1948: 45 ; 1963: 7; Shen, 1984a: 49, fig.; Chen & Yu, 1986: 119; Chen & Joung, 1993: 44, pl. 3.8; Shen & Wu, 2011: 53, fig.;

Taiwan voucher material: No specimens of this species were examined during this study.

Remarks: Chen (1963) examined one small specimen at the Keelung Museum, but this specimen was subsequently lost. This species appears to be rare in Taiwanese waters.

Conservation status: Least Concern.

Heterodontus zebra ( Gray, 1831)

Zebra Bullhead Shark / ŌĠǍǿḛ

Centracion zebra Gray, 1831: 5 . Holotype: BMNH 1953.5 .10.4, dry specimen, female ~ 470 mm TL, from Swatow , China. Also, Cestracion zebra Aggassiz, 1853: 65 , possibly a correction of Gray’s generic allocation rather than a new name.

Local synonymy: Heterodontus zebra: Nakamura, 1936: 40 ; Chen, 1948: 45; 1963: 8, fig. 2; Liang, 1951: 4; Teng, 1962: 40, fig. 8; Shen, 1984b: 49, fig.; Chen & Yu, 119; Chen & Joung, 1993: 44, pl. 3.9; Shao et al., 2008: 236; Shen & Wu, 2011: 53, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (6 spec.) NMMB-P 5040 , female, Kaohsiung, 11 Oct 1965 ; NMMB-P 5041 , female, Tainan, 16 Mar 1964 ; NMMB-P 6295 , 2 females, Taichong , 1 May 1962 ; NMMB-P 8845 (2 spec.), female 220 mm TL, juvenile male 212 mm TL, Penghu, 30 Aug 2005 ; NMMB-P 15867 , female 1005 mm TL .

Remarks: This appears to be the more common of the two Heterodontus species known from Taiwan. The species has been observed at fish markets in Keelung and on the southwestern part of the Island.

Conservation status: Least Concern.