Parmaturus Garman, 1906

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 : 319-320

Genus Parmaturus Garman, 1906

Filetail catsharks / UṚḛé

Parmaturus Garman, 1906: 203 . Type Species: Parmaturus pilosus Garman, 1906 . Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, 1920: 518.

Parmaturus melanobranchus ( Chan, 1966)

Blackgill Catshark / ffidzŮAEắ

Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966: 226 , figs. 2–3, pl. 1b. Holotype: BMNH 1965.8 .11.6, juvenile female, 235 mm TL, South China Sea, about 135 miles SSE of Hong Kong, 20°05′ N, 115°03′ E, 300 fathoms depth, 22 Aug 1964.

Local synonymy: Parmaturus melanobranchius: Lee & Shao, 2010: 386 , figs. 2–3, tab. 1.

Taiwan voucher material: (1 specimen) ASIZP 60963 , juvenile male 148 mm TL, southern Taiwan Strait , 985– 1110 m depth, 24 Nov 2001 .

Remarks: Lee & Shao (2010) reported on the first record of this very rare deepwater catshark from Taiwan waters.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.

Parmaturus pilosus Garman, 1906

Salamander catshark / ŮAE ắ

Parmaturus pilosus Garman, 1906: 204 . Holotype: MCZ 1107 , juvenile male 544 mm TL, 34°59′ N, 139°31′ E, Sagami Bay , Japan, 786 m depth.

Local synonymy: Parmaturus pilosus: Hsu et al. (2013) report this species for the first time from Taiwan.

Taiwan voucher material: (2 spec.) EBFS 020204010602-1 , adult female 588 mm TL, EBFS 020204010602-2 , adult female 601 mm TL, Cheng-gong, Apr 2012 .

Remarks: This new record for Taiwan is reported in detail in Hsu et al. (2013) in this special issue. Five specimens were caught, of which three were processed and sold at market, while two specimens were saved and deposited into the fish collection at National Taiwan Ocean University. Egg cases from one of the three specimens that were discarded are also deposited into the same fish collection.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.