Family Chlamydoselachidae - Frilled sharks
  Order
:
Chlamydoselachidae
  Class
:
Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 1 | Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
middle   Tertiary     Oligocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Japan, California, Europe, and nothern Chile. Gill openings 6. First gill with the margin continuous across throat. Mouth terminal. No barbels. Small spiracles present. No nictitating lower eyelids. Single spineless dorsal fin. Body elongated and eel-like with prominent keels on abdomen; anal fin larger than dorsal fin. 3-cusped teeth in upper and lower jaws. Benthic on the outer continental and insular shelves and upper slopes, at depths usually between 120 and 1280 m, but occasionally taken at the surface. Rare, little known deep-water sharks. Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). 8-12 young in a litter. Probably feed on deepwater cephalopods and bottom fishes. Maximum size 196 cm. chlamys (gr.) = cape, frill; selach- (gr.) = sharks and rays
  Etymology
:
Greek, chlamys = tunic + Greek, selachos = a kind of shark ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
bearers
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:

Show species images | Show valid names | Nominal species list | Identification keys | CAS specimen photos | References

 
Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Chlamydoselachidae as currently in FishBase

Important recommendation:

The list below must not be used as an authority reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually when they exist.

Rather, it reflects the current content of FishBase, and the progress with respect to synchronization with the Catalog of Fishes. However, we think it can be useful for users to assess the quality of information in FishBase, to start new work on the family, or to cross-check with other lists.

But we appreciate to be cited in publications when this list has been of any working value. In particular, for published scientific, we suggest then to cite it in the Material and Method section as a useful tool to conduct the research, but again, not as a taxonomic or nomenclatural authority reference.

Unless it is explicitly precised, the list is not complete, please search all original names published for the family in the Catalog of Fishes (genera, species), including those with uncertain or unknown status, that are not included in FishBase when they are not attached to a valid species.

This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

The list ordered as follows:

Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.

Show all | Show only accepted name | Show only accepted and original names
Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
Didymodus anguineus (Garman, 1884)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Chlamydoselachus africana Ebert & Compagno, 2009
acceptedseniororiginal
Chlamydoselachus sp. A Not applicable
synonymotherother
Chlamydoselachus anguineus (non Garman, 1884)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
php script by celloran, 04/03/10, last modified by cmilitante, 29/11/12