Hydrolagus Gill, 1862

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 : 371

Genus Hydrolagus Gill, 1862

Ratfishes / Žḋăé

Hydrolagus Gill, 1862: 331 . Type by monotypy.

Hydrolagus mitsukurii ( Dean, 1904)

Mitsukuri’s Chimaera / ẙẘkŽḋă

Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904: 6 , figs. 1–2, Pl. 1. Holotype: ZUMT 1457 . Type locality: Misaki , Sagami Sea, Japan.

Local synonymy: Hydrolagus mitsukurii: Shao et al., 2008: 236 ; Shen & Wu, 2011: 51, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (15 spec.) CAS 235446 , female 451 mm TL , CAS 235445 , female 211 mm TL , CSIRO H 6292-01 , female 487 mm TL, Da-xi, 21 May 2005 ; CAS 235443 , female, 211 mm TL , CAS 235444 , female 211 mm TL, Da-xi, 25 May 2005 ; CSIRO H 7395-05 (tissue accession GN9969 ), female 250 mm PCL, HUMZ 213794 (tissue accession GN9975 ), juvenile male 128 mm PCL, HUMZ 213794 , female, 137 mm PCL, CAS 236065 (tissue accession GN9972 ), female 191 mm PCL, CAS 236065 (tissue accession GN9973 ), female 184 mm PCL, MNHN 2013-0404 , juvenile male 130 mm PCL, Da-xi, 15 Mar 2012 ; CAS 236066 , adult male 451 mm PCL, CAS 236066 , female 222 mm PCL, Da-xi, 16 Mar 2012 ; CAS 236067 , female 116 mm PCL, Dong-gnag, 20 March 2012 ; CAS 236067 , female 90 mm PCL, Dong-gang, 20 Mar 2012 .

Remarks: This species is not nearly as common as C. phantasma , but as fisheries have moved into deeper water this appears to be more commonly observed at fish markets now than was apparent 20 years ago.

Conservation status: Data Deficient.