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

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.17

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scientific name

Heterodontidae Gray, 1851
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Family Heterodontidae Gray, 1851 View in CoL View at ENA

Bullhead Sharks / Ǎǿḛḕ

Genus Heterodontus Blainville, 1816 View in CoL

Bullhead Sharks / Ǎǿḛé

Heterodontus Blainville, 1816: 121 View in CoL . 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 View in CoL

Japanese Bullhead Shark / ƂÂǍǿḛ

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

Local synonymy: Heterodontus japonicus: Chen, 1948: 45 View in CoL ; 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) View in CoL

Zebra Bullhead Shark / ŌĠǍǿḛ

Centracion zebra Gray, 1831: 5 View in CoL . 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 View in CoL ; 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Heterodontiformes

Family

Heterodontidae

Loc

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
2013
Loc

Heterodontus japonicus

Miklouho-Maclay, N. de & Macleay, W. 1884: 428
1884
Loc

Centracion zebra

Gray, J. E. 1831: 5
1831
Loc

Heterodontus

Blainville, H. de 1816: 121
1816
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