Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis Yano, Ahmad, Gambang, Hamid, Razak, & Zainal 2005

(Fig. 16, 5 e, 7e, 10a; Table 3)

Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis Yano et al. 2005: 147, pl. 92–101.

Cephaloscyllium parvum Inoue and Nakaya 2006: 77, Figs. 1–3, 6 a.

Cephaloscyllium umbratile (not Jordan & Fowler 1903) Teng 1962: 45, Fig. 10 (Taiwan); Chen 1963: 29, Fig 9 (Taiwan); Chan 1966: 229, Figs. 5, 7 b, 7d, pl. 2 (South China Sea); Bessednov 1969: 27, Figs. 9, 10 (Gulf of Tonkin).

Cephaloscyllium sufflans (not Regan 1921): Fourmanoir and Nhu-Nhung 1965: 13, Fig. 1 (Vietnam).

Cephaloscyllium formosanum (not Teng 1962): Shen 1984: 2, pl. 2 4–4a, 4–4b (Taiwan).

Cephaloscyllium isabellum (in part as pseudo- umbratile): Compagno 1984: 298 (China).

Cephaloscyllium sp. Compagno 1988: 115 (China); Compagno et al. 2005: 222, pl. 36 (China).

Type Series and Locality. Holotype, MSR 201, mature female, 354 mm TL, collected from Tanjong Sirik, Sarawak, Malaysia, 04°48’N, 109°56’E to 05°19’N, 111°16’E, in 118 and 165 m of water, collected July 2– 11, 1998.

Remarks. C ephaloscyllium parvum (Inoue & Nakaya 2006) is considered a junior synonym of C. sarawakensis (Yano et al. 2005) based on morphometric similarities and geographic distribution. It is clear from the striking color pattern, including the dark lateral blotches between the paired fins, that C. parvum and C. sarawakensis are one and the same. Juveniles have the striking color pattern of numerous dark polka-dots which fade upon reaching adulthood (see Fig. 16; Inoue & Nakaya 2006, Fig. 3 a; Yano et al. 2005, pl. 95; Chan 1966, Fig. 5). We concur with the color pattern change with growth represented in Inoue and Nakaya (2006, Fig. 3). We have compared a juvenile female specimen one of us (DAE) collected from Tungkang, Taiwan (CAS 224882) and conclude that this specimen is C. sarawakensis . Also, it is now understood that the specimens Compagno (1984) refers to as pseudo- umbratile from Hong Kong are in fact C. sarawakensis (L.J.V. Compagno, pers. comm.). Table 3 gives morphometric data concerning type material collected by both describing authors, and our juvenile.