Proscylliidae

Elasmobranch, Its Implications For Global, Parasitology, Diversity And, Naylor, G. J. P., Sc, Caira, J. N., Ct, Jensen, K., Ks, Rosana, K. A. M., Fl, White, W. T., Csiro, Tas, Last, P. R., Csiro & Tas, 2012, A Dna Sequence-Based Approach To The Identification Of Shark And Ray Species And Its Implications For Global Elasmobranch Diversity And Parasitology, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (367), pp. 1-262 : 47

Proscylliidae (finback catsharks)

Proscyllium habereri (graceful catshark) ( fig. 32)

Four specimens of this species collected and identified by Kazuhiro Nakaya from Okinawa and the East China Sea were included in the analysis. The specimen from Okinawa is deposited in the Hokkaido University Museum (GN2601 5 HUMZ 175853). These specimens represent the more northern elements of the distribution of this species, which extends as far south as Java. The analysis yielded a single cluster. The sequences of the three specimens from the East China Sea were identical. The average of the pairwise differences between these three specimens and the one from Okinawa was 6.

Eridacnis sp. 1 (Philippine ribbontail catshark)

( fig. 32)

A single specimen, provisionally identified as belonging to the genus Eridacnis , from the Philippines was included in the analysis. This specimen was identified as ‘‘? Eridacnis sp. 1 ’’ by Compagno et al. (2005b) and who considered it (GN2212 5 BRU 004) potentially represented a new species. This specimen grouped potentially most closely with the specimens of Proscyllium habereri , but the average pairwise difference between specimens of these two species was 164.5.