%0 Journal Article %A Po-Feng Lee and Kwang-Tsao Shao %T New Record of the Rare Shark Parmaturus melanobranchius (Scyliorhinidae) from Taiwan %D 2010 %J Taiwania %V 55 %N 4 %P 386-390 %U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1156 %X The specimen of Parmaturus melanobranchius (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes) was collected in the waters off south-western Taiwan. After the description in 1966, only three specimens of P. melanobranchius were collected, one from South China Sea, one from Philippines and the other from Aragusuku Island of Japan. In this study, the fourth specimen was reported and its diagnostic characters, color photos and distribution map are given. %M doi:10.6165/tai.2010.55(4).386