Genus of sharks
Parmaturus is a genus of deepwater catsharks in the family Pentanchidae .[ 1] Four species were described in 2007 and another in 2019 with more species likely to be described in the near future.
Species
The following are the currently described species:[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
There are several as yet undescribed species:
Parmaturus sp. not yet described (roughback catshark)
Parmaturus sp. not yet described (Gulf of Mexico filetail)
References
^ Compagno, Leonard J. V. (2005). Sharks of the World . Dando, Marc., Fowler, Sarah L. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2 . OCLC 57718990 .
^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parmaturus " . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 October 2024 .
^ Pauly, Daniel; Froese, Rainer (2014-09-15), "Fisheries Management" , eLS , Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, doi :10.1002/9780470015902.a0003252.pub3 , ISBN 978-0-470-01590-2 , S2CID 214668133 , retrieved 2021-01-01
^ Soares, Karla Diamantina De Araújo; Carvalho, Marcelo Rodrigues De; Schwingel, Paulo Ricardo; Gadig, Otto Bismarck Fazzano (2019-05-31). "A New Species of Parmaturus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic" . Copeia . 107 (2): 314–322. doi :10.1643/CI-18-152 . ISSN 0045-8511 . S2CID 191150023 .