Centroscyllium Müller & Henle 1841

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 : 292

Genus Centroscyllium Müller & Henle 1841

Combtooth Dogfish / Ồḛé

Centroscyllium Müller & Henle, 1841: 191 . Type species: Spinax fabricii Reinhardt, 1825 , by monotypy.

Centroscyllium kamoharai Abe, 1966

Bareskin Dogfish / ĜạkỒḛ

Centroscyllium kamoharai Abe, 1966: 190 , figs 1–8. Holotype: ZUMT 52310, 440 mm TL adult female, Suruga Bay , off Yaizu, Japan.

Local synonymy: Centroscyllium kamoharai: Hsu & Joung, 2004: 186 , fig. 3; Shao et al., 2008: 237; Shen & Wu, 2011: 84, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (16 spec.) ASIZP 62451, 460 mm TL, Da-xi , 8 Apr 2003 ; ASIZP 62478, 458 mm TL, ASIZP 62479, 440 mm TL, Da-xi , 6 Jul 2002 ; ASIZP 64245 (2 spec.), 212–215 mm TL, ASIZP 64252, 217 mm TL, northeastern Taiwan, 992 m depth, 23 Jul 2004 ; ASIZP 64271, 141 mm TL, northeastern Taiwan, 764 m depth, 22 Jul 2004 ; ASIZP 66081, 165 mm TL, South China Sea , 954 m depth, 19 Aug 2005 ; ASIZP 66103, 290 mm TL, ASIZP 66113, 440 mm TL, South China Sea , 1098 m, 19 Aug 2005 ; ASIZP 66907, 186 mm TL, South China Sea , 987 m depth, 8 Mar 2006 ; ASIZP 66933 (2 spec.), 314–390 mm TL, South China Sea , 996 m depth, 8 Mar 2006 ; EBFS 02020901 , female, 458 mm TL, Da-xi , Jan 2004 ; CSIRO H 6294-18 , female, 457 mm TL, UF 159199, female 512 mm TL, Da-xi , 23 May 2005 ; CAS 214727 , Da-xi , 19 Jul 2001 .

Remarks: Hsu & Joung (2004) first reported this species based on a specimen collected at the Da-xi. The appearance of this species in fish markets over the past decade indicates that fishing efforts are now moving into deeper water off Taiwan.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.