Pentanchidae Smith 1912

Dataset
Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I-Chondrichthyes: Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Chondrichthyes: order
Carcharhiniformes: family
Pentanchidae

description

discussion

Remarks. Nakaya & Sato (1998) considered A. maderensis Cadenat & Maul (1966) as a junior synonym of A. laurussonii. Two formalin preserved specimens in MMF collections: MMF 18750, the holotype, collected in 1961 in a longline of the black scabbard fish, Aphanopus spp. and MMF 36797, collected more recently in 2005 at Porto Santo. * Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 — Leitão-do-mar; Blackmouth catshark Lowe 1838: 194 (as Scyllium artedi) Lowe 1843 – 1860: 93 – 97 | Günther 1870: 406 | Belloc 1934: 129 (as Pristiurus melanostomus) Noronha & Sarmento 1934: 114 and 143 (as Pristiurus artedi) Nunes 1953: 156 | Albuquerque 1954 – 56: 95 (as Galeus melanostomus) Fowler 1936: 40 | Noronha & Sarmento 1948: 110 | Maul 1948: 138 | Springer 1973 c: 20 | Cadenat & Blache 1981: 167 – 171 | Sanches 1986: 64 | Menezes et al. 2009: 2690 | Carneiro et al. 2014: 11.

discussion

Remarks. four formalin preserved specimens in MMF collections, the first dated from 1968 and the last one from 2004. Maul (1948) refers as frequent all year round and the same author (1976) refers that although it is well known from Madeira, it is not often taken.

distribution

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores (Santos et al. 1997; Arruda 1997; Carneiro et al. 2014) and the Canary Islands (Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003).

distribution

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores (Santos et al. 1997; Saldanha & Biscoito 1997; Porteiro et al. 2010; Carneiro et al. 2014) and Canary Islands (Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003).

Name

Homonyms: Pentanchidae Smith 1912