Parmaturus
| Parmaturus | |
|---|---|
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| Filetail catshark (P. xaniurus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Parmaturus Garman, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Parmaturus pilosus Garman 1906 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Dichichthys Chan, 1966 | |
Parmaturus is a genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae. Four species were described in 2007 with more species likely to be described in the near future.
Species
- Parmaturus albimarginatus Séret & Last, 2007 (White-tip catshark)
- Parmaturus albipenis Séret & Last, 2007 (White-clasper 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 cat shark)
- Parmaturus melanobranchus (W. L. Y. Chan, 1966) (Blackgill catshark)
- Parmaturus pilosus Garman, 1906 (Salamander shark)
- Parmaturus xaniurus (C. H. Gilbert, 1892) (Filetail catshark)
- 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
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Parmaturus in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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