Eridacnis Smith, 1913a

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 : 321-322

Genus Eridacnis Smith, 1913a

Ribbontail Catsharks / Ẳőḛé

Eridacnis Smith, 1913a: 599 . Type Species: Eridacnis radcliffei Smith, 1913a , by original designation.

Eridacnis radcliffei Smith, 1913a

Pygmy Ribbontail Catshark /}kẲőḛ

Eridacnis radcliffei Smith, 1913a: 599 , figs. 1–3. Holotype: USNM 74604, 230 mm TL, pregnant female, 6°11.8'N, 121°08.3'E, off Jolo Light , Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippine Islands, 295 m depth.

Local synonymy: Joung et al., 1989: 240, fig. 1; Chen & Joung, 1993: 56, pl. 6.2; Shao et al., 2008: 236; Shen & Wu, 2011: 65, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (11 spec.) NMMB-P 2480 , female 232 mmTL, Fong-gang , 200 m, 28 Feb 2001 ; NMMB-P 3504 , female 233 mm TL, Kaohsiung, 25 Aug 2001 ; NMMB-P 8421 , male 228 mm TL, Dong-gang , 17 Mar 2005 ; NMMB-P 12054 (3 spec.), 2 males 169 and 223 mm TL, female 222 mm TL, Nan-fang-ao, 11 Mar 2011 ; NMMB-P 13739 , female 232 mm TL, Dong-gang , 20 Jul 2011 ; NMMB-P 14441 , male 132 mm TL, Donggang , 28 Feb 2001 ; NMMB-P 14498 , male 142 mm TL, Fong-gang , 28 Feb 2001 ; AMNH 258156 (tissue accession GN10091 ), adolescent male 221 mm TL , HUMZ 213821 (tissue accession GN10092 ), male 220 mm TL, 22°26' N, 120°30' E, Dong-gang , Feb 2012 .

Remarks: Relatively common off southwestern Taiwan.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.