Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901

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 : 372

Genus Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901

Knifetooth Chimaeras / Ħḓḋăé

Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901: 75 . Type by original designation (also monotypic).

Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert, 1990

Paddlenose Chimaera / ớNjĦḓḋă

Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert, 1990: 206 , figs. 2–5. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27744. West of Doring Bay , Western Cape, South Africa, 31°59.8' S, 15°56.2' E, 850 m depth.

Local synonymy: Rhinochimaera pacifica: Shao & Hwang, 1997: 97 , fig. 1. Rhinochimaera africana: Didier & Nakaya, 1999: 147 ; Shen & Wu, 2011: 51, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: ASIZP 57500 , female 1165 mm TL, Da-xi, 20 Jan 1995 ; CAS 235447 juvenile male 1064 mm TL, Da-xi, 26 May 2005 .

Remarks: Shao & Hwang (1997) reported on the first record of a rhinochimaerid from Taiwan, R. pacifica , but Shao (pers. comm.) in Didier & Nakaya (1999) re-identified his specimen as R. africana making it the first confirmed record of that species from Taiwan waters. No additional material was collected during this survey, but two of us ( DAE, WTW) collected a specimen and examined several more during a survey in 2005.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.

Rhinochimaera pacifica ( Mitsukuri, 1895)

Broadnose Chimaera / ẊǬờĦḓḋă

Harriotta pacifica Mitsukuri, 1895: 97 , Pl. 16. Holotype: ZUMT?1453 (lost). Type locality: Tokyo fish market, originally from Kurihama , near Misaki, Sagami Sea, Japan.

Local synonymy: Rhinochimaera pacifica: Shen & Wu, 2011: 51 , fig.

Taiwan voucher material: CAS 235448 , juvenile male, Da-xi, 26 May 2005 .

Remarks: The specimen cited by Shao & Hwang (1997) as the first record of R. pacifica is in fact R. africana . Several specimens confirmed as R. pacifica were examined by DAE and WTW, and one specimen ( CAS 235448) was saved during a survey in May 2005, but no additional material was collected during the present survey.

Conservation status: Least Concern.