Published March 18, 2020 | Version v1
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Pristiophorus japonicus Gunther 1870

  • 1. Elasmo-Lab, Elasmobranch Research Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany & Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa
  • 3. Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
  • 4. School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
  • 5. Institute of Fisheries Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources, Livestock and Fisheries, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Description

Pristiophorus japonicus Günther

(4 specimens). Syntype (BMNH 1862.11.1.37): juvenile male, 734 mm TL, off Japan (photographs only). Syntype (BMNH 1867.2.20.1), female, ~ 1000 mm TL, off Japan (photographs only). Syntype (BMNH 1867.2.20.2), female, ~ 1200 mm TL, off Japan (photographs only). Syntype (BMNH 1953.8.10.6): juvenile female, ~ 700 mm TL, off Japan (photographs only).

Notes

Published as part of Weigmann, Simon, Gon, Ofer, Leeney, Ruth H., Barrowclift, Ellen, Berggren, Per, Jiddawi, Narriman & Temple, Andrew J., 2020, Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan, pp. 1-56 in PLOS ONE 15 (3) on page 3, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228791, http://zenodo.org/record/7415225

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