WoRMS taxon details
Parmaturus melanobranchus (Chan, 1966)
282164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282164)
accepted
Species
Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966 · unaccepted (synonym)
Figaro melanobranchus (Chan, 1966) · unaccepted
Figaro piceus Chu, Meng & Liu, 1983 · unaccepted (synonym)
Galeus piceus (Chu, Meng & Liu, 1983) · unaccepted
Parmaturus melanobranchius (Chan, 1966) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966) Chan, W. L. (1966). New sharks from the South China Sea. <em>Journal of Zoology (London).</em> v. 148: 218-237, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Parmaturus melanobranchus (Chan, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282164 on 2025-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966) Chan, W. L. (1966). New sharks from the South China Sea. <em>Journal of Zoology (London).</em> v. 148: 218-237, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Sin, Y. T. (2009). Age, growth and reproductive biology of whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) from Hong Kong and adjacent waters. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS) Sin, Y. T. (2009). Age, growth and reproductive biology of whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) from Hong Kong and adjacent waters. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Parmaturus melanobranchius (Chan, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parmaturus melanobranchus)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus piceus (Chu, Meng & Liu, 1983))
To FishBase (from synonym Parmaturus melanobranchius (Chan, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Figaro melanobranchus (Chan, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Figaro piceus Chu, Meng & Liu, 1983)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Parmaturus melanobranchius (Chan, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parmaturus melanobranchus)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus piceus (Chu, Meng & Liu, 1983))
To FishBase (from synonym Parmaturus melanobranchius (Chan, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Figaro melanobranchus (Chan, 1966))
To FishBase (from synonym Figaro piceus Chu, Meng & Liu, 1983)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Dichichthys melanobranchus Chan, 1966)
To ITIS
