Pseudocarcharias Cadenat, 1963

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Genus Pseudocarcharias Cadenat, 1963

Crocodile Sharks / ḇǒǿḛé

Pseudocarcharias Cadenat, 1963: 526 (proposed as a subgenus of Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810a , but used throughout in generic form). Type species: Pseudocarcharias pelagicus Cadenat, 1963 , by original designation, a junior synonym of Carcharias kamoharai Matsubara, 1936a .

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai ( Matsubara, 1936a)

Crocodile shark / Ĝạkḇǒǿḛ

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai Matsubara, 1936a: 380 . Holotype: FAKU 1823, male, 735 mm TL, Koti, Koti, Japan, apparently lost according to Compagno (2001).

Local synonymy: Carcharias yangi: Teng, 1959a: 1 , fig. 1; Teng, 1962: 98, fig. 26; Chen, 1963: 44; Chen & Yu, 1986: 127. Odontaspis yangi: Shen, 1984a: 53 , fig. Pseudocarcharias kamoharai: Chen & Joung, 1993: 50 , pl. 4.9; Shen & Wu, 2011: 59, fig.; Ho & Shao, 2011: 17.

Taiwan voucher material: Holotype: Carcharias yangi (= P. kamoharai ) Teng, 1959a: TFRI 2895, adult male 1000 mm TL, Su-ao. Other specimens (3): FRIP 22131, female 1060 mm TL, off Cheng-gong, Taitung (photo examined only); two additional recently collected specimens in NMMB-P collection (tissue accession HO20110526ts).

Remarks: This species appears to be taken on occasion in the offshore pelagic fishery off northeastern Taiwan.

Conservation status: Near Threatened.