Zameus, Jordan & Fowler, 1903

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 : 296-297

Genus Zameus Jordan & Fowler 1903

Velvet Dogfishes / ȐÞắẩ

Zameus Jordan & Fowler, 1903: 632. Type species: Centrophorus squamulosus Günther, 1877 , type by original designation, also monotypic.

Zameus ichiharai ( Yano & Tanaka, 1984)

Japanese Velvet Dogfish / ͡ḎKȐÞắ

Scymnodon ichiharai Yano & Tanaka, 1984: 383 , figs. 2, 3a, 4–6. Holotype: NSMT-P 21723 , adult male 1011 mm TL, off Okitsu in Suruga Bay , 35 02’N, 138 34.6’E, 580 m depth, 16 Mar 1982.

Local synonymy: New record for Taiwan.

Taiwan voucher material: (9 spec.) NMMB-P 15764 (tissue accession GN10224 ), NMMB-P 15765 (tissue accession GN10223 ), female 1305 mm TL, Cheng-gong , Taitung, 30 Jul 2011 ; NMMB-P 15841 (tissue accession GN10228 ), NMMB-P 15842 (tissue accession GN10230 ), adult female 1345 mm TL, NMMB-P 15843 (tissue accession GN10225 ), juvenile female 1340 mm TL, NMMB-P 15844 (tissue accession GN10229 ), adolescent female 1510 mm TL, NMMB-P 15845 (tissue accession GN10227 ), juvenile male 987 mm TL, NMMB-P 15846 (tissue accession GN10226 ), NMMB-P 15847 (tissue accession GN10231 ), Cheng-gong , Taitung, 2 Oct 2011 .

Remarks: This species is reported here for the first time from outside Japanese waters and for the first time from Taiwanese waters. Recent catches of this and other deepwater species indicates that fisheries are fishing in deeper waters.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.

Zameus squamulosus ( Günther, 1877)

Velvet dogfish / ȐÞắ

Centrophorus squamulosus Günther, 1877: 433 . Holotype: BMNH 1880.5 .1.1, female 670 mm TL, Challenger station 232, off Inosima, Japan, 35°11'N, 139°28'E, BT - 41.4°F, 631 m depth.

Local synonymy: Zameus squamulosus: Hsu & Joung, 2004: 183 , fig. 4.

Taiwan voucher material: (9 spec.) EBFS 02021001 , female 301 mm TL, Da-xi (specimen reported in Hsu & Joung, 2004) ; ASIZP 60843 , Da-xi, 30 Mar 2001 ; ASIZP 62476, 310 mm TL, Da-xi, 15 Feb 2002 ; ASIZP 62477, 300 mm TL, Da-xi, 9 Mar 2002 ; ASIZP 62457, 262 mm TL, Da-xi, 8 Apr 2003 ; CSIRO H 6293-20 , female 276 mm TL , CAS 235392 , female 308 mm TL, Da-xi, 22 May 2005 ; CAS 235393 , juvenile female 264 mm TL , UF 159701, juvenile female 261 mm TL, Da-xi, 26 May 2005 .

Remarks: Hsu & Joung (2004) reported the first record of this species from Taiwan. It is taken as bycatch in local deep-sea fisheries.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.