Parmaturus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae.[1] Four species were described in 2007 and another in 2019 with more species likely to be described in the near future.
| Parmaturus | |
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| Filetail catshark (P. xaniurus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus Garman, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Parmaturus pilosus Garman 1906
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| Synonyms | |
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Dichichthys Chan, 1966 | |
Species edit
The following are the currently described species:[2][3]
- Parmaturus albimarginatus Séret & Last, 2007 (white-tip catshark)
- Parmaturus albipenis Séret & Last, 2007 (white-clasper catshark)
- Parmaturus angelae K. D. A. Soares, M. R. de Carvalho, Schwingel & Gadig, 2019 (Brazilian filetail catshark)
- Parmaturus bigus Séret & Last, 2007 (beige catshark)
- Parmaturus campechiensis S. Springer, 1979 (Campeche catshark)
- Parmaturus lanatus Séret & Last, 2007 (velvet catshark)
- Parmaturus macmillani Hardy, 1985 (McMillan's catshark)
- Parmaturus melanobranchus (W. L. Y. Chan, 1966) (blackgill catshark)
- Parmaturus pilosus Garman, 1906 (salamander shark)
- Parmaturus xaniurus (C. H. Gilbert, 1892) (filetail catshark)
There are several as yet undescribed species:
- Parmaturus sp. not yet described (roughback catshark)
- Parmaturus sp. not yet described (Indonesian filetail catshark)
- Parmaturus sp. not yet described (Gulf of Mexico filetail)
References edit
- ^ Compagno, Leonard J. V. (2005). Sharks of the World. Dando, Marc., Fowler, Sarah L. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2. OCLC 57718990.
- ^ Pauly, Daniel; Froese, Rainer (2014-09-15), "Fisheries Management", eLS, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0003252.pub3, ISBN 978-0-470-01590-2, S2CID 214668133, retrieved 2021-01-01
- ^ Soares, Karla Diamantina De Araújo; Carvalho, Marcelo Rodrigues De; Schwingel, Paulo Ricardo; Gadig, Otto Bismarck Fazzano (2019-05-31). "A New Species of Parmaturus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic". Copeia. 107 (2): 314–322. doi:10.1643/CI-18-152. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 191150023.
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