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Parmaturus melanobranchus (Chan, 1966)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Light brown with distal parts and anterior margins of fins, snout, nostrils, and gills blackish brown in young, possibly uniform blackish brown in adults (Ref. 11146).

Common Names

  • قِرش قِطّ ذو خدود سوداء , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Sortgællet haj , Danish , Denmark
  • Zwartkieuwkathaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Blackgill cat shark , English , South Africa
  • Blackgill catshark , English , Global
  • Mustlõpus-kilbikhai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Holbiche à joues noires , French , Global
  • 黑鰓盾尾鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑鰓雙鋸鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑鳃双锯鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑鳃盾尾鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑鳃盾尾鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pejegato de agallas negras , Spanish , Spain
  • Pating , Tagalog , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Pentanchidae

    Genus: Parmaturus

    Species: Parmaturus melanobranchus (Chan, 1966)

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Northwest Pacific: known from only 3 specimens taken in the South China Sea. Collected less than a degree north of the northwestern boundary of the Western Central Pacific (Ref. 11146).

    • Biology

    A poorly known deep-water bottom-dwelling catshark found on mud bottoms of the upper continental slopes (Ref. 11146). Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal