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Squatina formosa Shen and Ting 1972

Description

28. Squatina formosa Shen and Ting, 1972:21, fig. 4

Holotype: NTUM 7213130 (female, 337 TL), 20°28'N, 120°26.3'E, Tung –kong [Tongkang], southwestern part of Taiwan, 180 m, 31 Jan. 1972.

Paratype: NTUM 7041631 (1 female, 377 TL) and NTUM 704632 (1, female, 457 TL), 24°56.5’N, 121°53.0’E, Ta –chi [Tashi], northeastern of Taiwan, 183–219 m; NTUM 7222433 (1, female, 377 TL).

Remark. According to Walsh and Ebert (2007), the holotype is now labeled as NTUM 1329.

Notes

Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2011, 2957, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 2957 on page 19

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NTUM
Event date
1972-01-31
Family
Squatinidae
Genus
Squatina
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
NTUM 7041631 , NTUM 704632 , NTUM 7213130 , NTUM 7222433
Order
Squatiniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Shen and Ting
Species
formosa
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1972-01-31
Taxonomic concept label
Squatina formosa and, 1972 sec. Ho & Shao, 2011

References

  • Shen, S. - C. & Ting, W. - H. (1972) Ecological and morphological study on fish - fauna from the waters around Taiwan and its adjacent islands. 2. Notes on some rare continental shelf fishes and description of two new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica, 11, 13 - 31.
  • Walsh, J. H. & Ebert, D. A. (2007) A review of the systematics of western North Pacific angel sharks, genus Squatina, with redescriptions of Squatina formosa, S. japonica, and S. nebulosa (Chondrichthyes, Squatiniformes, Squatinidae). Zootaxa, 1551, 31 - 47.