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<taxonomicName LSID="25189FFA-A111-5236-BB6F-F0965931477D" authority="Zhu, Meng &amp; Li, 1984" authorityName="Zhu, Meng &amp; Li" authorityYear="1984" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Squalus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Squalus acutirostris" order="Squaliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acutirostris">Squalus acutirostris Zhu, Meng &amp; Li, 1984</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Squalus acutirostris (A-E): HUMZ 74990, juvenile female, 536 mm TL in lateral (A) and ventral (B) views; first (C) and second (D) dorsal fins and caudal fin (E). S. suckleyi in lateral view (F): HUMZ 90963, adult female, 784 mm TL. Scale bars: 50 mm (A, B, F); 20 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.96.51962.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/420114" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Figs 6A-E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Map of the North-western Pacific Ocean, showing the geographical distribution of Squalus species. A: S. shiraii sp. nov. (red); B: S. mitsukurii (orange); C: S. japonicus (brown); D: S. brevirostris (yellow); E: S. acutirostris (green); F: S. suckleyi (pink). Star: holotype / neotype; Dotted circle: paratypes; Circle: other material." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.96.51962.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/420116" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">, 8E</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. External measurements of S. mitsukurii expressed as percentage of total length (% TL). Values of the paratype of S. mitsukurii (SU 7184, identified as S. acanthias) and specimens of S. acutirostris are also provided. TL is expressed in millimeters. H: holotype; P: paratype; N: number of specimens; x: mean; SD: standard deviation." pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Table 2 Shortspine spurdog</figureCitation>
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Zhu, Meng and Li 1984: 283-286, fig.1 (original description; illustrated; type by original designation; type locality: South China Sea, 18°51'-18°47'N, 112°41'-112°33'E, 394 m depth).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jordan &amp; Snyder" authorityYear="1903" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Squalus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Squalus mitsukurii" order="Squaliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">Squalus mitsukurii</taxonomicName>
:
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" author="White, WT" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="228 - 248" refId="B94" refString="White, WT, Last, PR, 2013. Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China. Zootaxa 3752: 228 - 248, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" title="Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" volume="3752" year="2013">White and Last 2013</bibRefCitation>
: 229-230 (cited, illustrated; Taiwan);
<bibRefCitation author="Motomura, H" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="10 - 34" refId="B59" refString="Motomura, H, Habano, A, Arita, Y, Matsuoka, M, Furuta, K, Koeda, K, Yoshida, T, Hibino, Y, Jeong, B, Tashiro, S, Hata, H, Fukui, Y, Eguchi, K, Inaba, T, Uejo, T, Yoshiura, A, Ando, Y, Haraguchi, Y, Senou, H, Kuriiwa, K, 2015. The ichthyofauna of the Uji Islands, East China Sea: 148 new records of fishes with notes on biogeographical implications. Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University 64: 10 - 34" title="The ichthyofauna of the Uji Islands, East China Sea: 148 new records of fishes with notes on biogeographical implications." volume="64" year="2015">Motomura et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
: 12-13 (cited, listed, illustrated; Uji Islands, East China Sea);
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874" author="Weigmann, S" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Fish Biology" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="837 - 1037" refId="B92" refString="Weigmann, S, 2016. Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology 88 (3): 837 - 1037, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874" title="Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874" volume="88" year="2016">Weigmann 2016</bibRefCitation>
: 904 (cited; Western Pacific Ocean).
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:
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.15625/1859-3097/13/1/3503" author="Quang, VV" journalOrPublisher="Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="21 - 30" refId="B72" refString="Quang, VV, Tuan, VS, Thao, LTT, Thinh, TC, Uy, Vu NP, Phuong, LM, 2013. Species composition and distribution of sharks in Quy Nhon Bay and neighboring waters. Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology 13 (1): 21 - 30, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15625/1859-3097/13/1/3503" title="Species composition and distribution of sharks in Quy Nhon Bay and neighboring waters." url="https://doi.org/10.15625/1859-3097/13/1/3503" volume="13" year="2013">Quang et al. 2013</bibRefCitation>
: 22, 27-28 (cited, listed, illustrated; Quy Nhon Bay, Vietnam).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">SCSFRI D01562 (holotype), adult male, 635 mm TL, South China Sea, 18°51'-18°47'N, 112°41'-112°33'E, 394 m depth, collected on 21 April 1982; SCSFRI D01548 (paratype), adult female, 975 mm TL, South China Sea, 18°50.8'-19°28.8'N, 112°47.3'-113°58.8'E.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Additional material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">HUMZ 74990, juvenile female, 536 mm TL, Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 26°14.1'-26°10.1'N, 135°47.5'-135°48.0'E, 360 m depth; NMMB P 15619 (photo only), adult female, 700 mm TL, Pingtung county, Taiwan.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Single values correspond to holotype first followed by a single paratype and a specimen from Japan between brackets.
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is separated from its congeners by a combination of characters: large sized species (635-975 mm maximum TL in adults) with body moderately slender and fusiform (Fig.
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), its greatest width at head (head width 1.4(1.4, 1.2) times trunk width and 1.3(1.1, 1.2) times abdomen width); head small, its length 24.4%(22.6%, 22.1%) TL; snout rounded at tip and short, preorbital length 8.2%(7.3%, 8.1%) TL; nostrils nearer to snout than to mouth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Squalus acutirostris (A-E): HUMZ 74990, juvenile female, 536 mm TL in lateral (A) and ventral (B) views; first (C) and second (D) dorsal fins and caudal fin (E). S. suckleyi in lateral view (F): HUMZ 90963, adult female, 784 mm TL. Scale bars: 50 mm (A, B, F); 20 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.96.51962.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/420114" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">6B</figureCitation>
); first dorsal fin oblique, wide at fin web and low, its height 6.0%(5.6%, 8.6%) TL; first dorsal fin concave at the lower half of posterior margin, not raked (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Squalus acutirostris (A-E): HUMZ 74990, juvenile female, 536 mm TL in lateral (A) and ventral (B) views; first (C) and second (D) dorsal fins and caudal fin (E). S. suckleyi in lateral view (F): HUMZ 90963, adult female, 784 mm TL. Scale bars: 50 mm (A, B, F); 20 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.96.51962.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/420114" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">6C</figureCitation>
); second dorsal fin with raked posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Squalus acutirostris (A-E): HUMZ 74990, juvenile female, 536 mm TL in lateral (A) and ventral (B) views; first (C) and second (D) dorsal fins and caudal fin (E). S. suckleyi in lateral view (F): HUMZ 90963, adult female, 784 mm TL. Scale bars: 50 mm (A, B, F); 20 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.96.51962.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/420114" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">6D</figureCitation>
); dorsal-fin spines robust and short, never reaching the fin apex (first dorsal-fin spine length 2.8%(2.7%, 3.2%)TL; second dorsal-fin spine length 2.8%(1.9%, 4.8%) TL; pectoral fins moderately wide with posterior margin length 11.0%(10.3%, 10.1%) TL; pectoral-fin posterior margin concave, although not falcate; pectoral-fin free rear tips rounded; caudal fin rectangular with conspicuous caudal fork (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Squalus acutirostris (A-E): HUMZ 74990, juvenile female, 536 mm TL in lateral (A) and ventral (B) views; first (C) and second (D) dorsal fins and caudal fin (E). S. suckleyi in lateral view (F): HUMZ 90963, adult female, 784 mm TL. Scale bars: 50 mm (A, B, F); 20 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.96.51962.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/420114" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">6E</figureCitation>
); caudal fin small with dorsal caudal margin length 0.7(0.9, 1.0) times head length; lower caudal lobe much shorter than upper caudal lobe (preventral caudal margin length 0.7(0.6, 0.5) times dorsal caudal margin length); body brownish-grey to dark grey dorsally and light brown ventrally; first and second dorsal-fin apex slightly black; conspicuous black upper caudal blotch and small black caudal bar; black basal marking conspicuous at the origin of caudal fin; lower caudal lobe mostly white.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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(
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): HUMZ 74990, juvenile female, 536 mm TL in lateral (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">A</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">B</emphasis>
) views; first (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">C</emphasis>
) and second (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">D</emphasis>
) dorsal fins and caudal fin (
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. suckleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in lateral view (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">F</emphasis>
): HUMZ 90963, adult female, 784 mm TL. Scale bars: 50 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">A, B, F</emphasis>
); 20 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">C-E</emphasis>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Geographical distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Zhu, Meng &amp; Li" authorityYear="1984" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Squalus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Squalus acutirostris" order="Squaliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acutirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Squalus acutirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in the North-western Pacific Ocean with reports from Japan, Taiwan and China (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Map of the North-western Pacific Ocean, showing the geographical distribution of Squalus species. A: S. shiraii sp. nov. (red); B: S. mitsukurii (orange); C: S. japonicus (brown); D: S. brevirostris (yellow); E: S. acutirostris (green); F: S. suckleyi (pink). Star: holotype / neotype; Dotted circle: paratypes; Circle: other material." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.96.51962.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/420116" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">8E</figureCitation>
). It has been previously misidentified with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Vietnam as seen in
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. It inhabits continental slopes between 360-525 m depth (
<bibRefCitation author="Zhu, Y" journalOrPublisher="Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="283 - 286" refId="B102" refString="Zhu, Y, Meng, QW, Li, S, 1984. Description of a new species of Squalidae of China. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 15 (4): 283 - 286" title="Description of a new species of Squalidae of China." volume="15" year="1984">Zhu et al. 1984</bibRefCitation>
; present study).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Squalus acutirostris</emphasis>
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, originally described from the South China Sea, was previously recognised in China and Western Australia in
<bibRefCitation author="Zhu, Y" journalOrPublisher="Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="283 - 286" refId="B102" refString="Zhu, Y, Meng, QW, Li, S, 1984. Description of a new species of Squalidae of China. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 15 (4): 283 - 286" title="Description of a new species of Squalidae of China." volume="15" year="1984">Zhu et al. (1984)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905668" author="Munoz-Chapuli, R" journalOrPublisher="Japanese Journal of Ichthyology" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="6 - 21" refId="B60" refString="Munoz-Chapuli, R, Ramos, F, 1989. Morphological comparisons of Squalus blainvillei and S. megalops in the Eastern Atlantic, with notes on the genus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 36 (1): 6 - 21, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905668" title="Morphological comparisons of Squalus blainvillei and S. megalops in the Eastern Atlantic, with notes on the genus." url="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905668" volume="36" year="1989">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Muñoz-Chápuli">Munoz-Chapuli</normalizedToken>
and Ramos (1989)
</bibRefCitation>
and
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.
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have proven that the Australian records correspond to a distinct species,
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. grahami" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="grahami">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. grahami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
White, Last &amp; Stevens, 2007. Furthermore, occurrence of
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. acutirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="acutirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. acutirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the South China Sea was thought to be related to
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" author="White, WT" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="228 - 248" refId="B94" refString="White, WT, Last, PR, 2013. Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China. Zootaxa 3752: 228 - 248, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" title="Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" volume="3752" year="2013">White and Last 2013</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874" author="Weigmann, S" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Fish Biology" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="837 - 1037" refId="B92" refString="Weigmann, S, 2016. Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology 88 (3): 837 - 1037, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874" title="Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874" volume="88" year="2016">Weigmann 2016</bibRefCitation>
) due to no apparent morphological and meristic distinction and, thus, this species was designated as a junior synonym. According to
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" author="White, WT" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="228 - 248" refId="B94" refString="White, WT, Last, PR, 2013. Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China. Zootaxa 3752: 228 - 248, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" title="Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14" volume="3752" year="2013">White and Last (2013)</bibRefCitation>
, the differences in external measurements (e.g. precaudal length, interdorsal space, dorsal caudal margin length) between these species were due to the preservation condition of the holotype of
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. acutirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="acutirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. acutirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, the present analysis reveals many morphometric differences when adults are compared, such as: inner nostril-labial furrow space (6.9%-8.6% TL vs. 3.9%-4.5% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); first dorsal fin height (5.6%-6.0% TL vs. 6.9%-9.8% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); second dorsal-fin anterior margin length (6.8%-7.6% TL vs. 7.7%-10.2% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); second dorsal-fin base length (4.8%-5.8% TL vs. 6.8%-7.9% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); second dorsal fin height (3.3%-3.6% TL vs. 4.5%-6.8% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); second dorsal-fin spine length and base width (1.9%-2.8% TL, 0.5%-0.6% TL vs. 3.4%-5.3% TL, 0.7%-1.0% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Further distinctive characteristics between
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the types of
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. acutirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="acutirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. acutirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
include conspicuously shorter snout with nostrils clearly nearer to the snout tip than to the mouth, its prenarial length 0.6-0.8 times nostril-labial furrow space (vs. elongate snout with nostrils nearer to the mouth, its prenarial length 1.1-1.4 times nostril-labial furrow space in
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and narrower pectoral and pelvic fins (vs. conspicuously broad pectoral and pelvic fins in
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). These characteristics are congruent with observations of
<bibRefCitation author="Zhu, Y" journalOrPublisher="Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="283 - 286" refId="B102" refString="Zhu, Y, Meng, QW, Li, S, 1984. Description of a new species of Squalidae of China. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 15 (4): 283 - 286" title="Description of a new species of Squalidae of China." volume="15" year="1984">Zhu et al. (1984)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation author="Zhu, Y" journalOrPublisher="Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" refId="B103" refString="Zhu, Y, Meng, QW, 2001. Faina Sinica - Cyclostomata, Chondrichthyes. Science Press, Beijing." title="Faina Sinica - Cyclostomata, Chondrichthyes. Science Press, Beijing." year="2001">Zhu and Meng (2001)</bibRefCitation>
and are apparent, regardless of the preservation condition and which support the distinction between
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the nominal species
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. acutirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="acutirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. acutirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Zhu, Meng &amp; Li" authorityYear="1984" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Squalus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Squalus acutirostris" order="Squaliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acutirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Squalus acutirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be separated from the Japanese congeners by having more elongate second dorsal-fin length 63.9%-64.0% TL (vs. 60.5%-63.4% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. shiraii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="shiraii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. shiraii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs. 58.4%-63.9% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 60.7%-62.0% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. japonicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 61.1%-63.8% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. brevirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 56.2%-62.3% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. suckleyi" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="suckleyi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. suckleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and larger inner nostril-labial furrow space 6.9%-8.6% TL (vs. 4.3%-4.9% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. shiraii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="shiraii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. shiraii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs. 3.9%-4.5% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. mitsukurii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="mitsukurii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. mitsukurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 4.6%-5.1% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. japonicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 4.5%-5.1% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. brevirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 3.9%-5.6% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. suckleyi" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="suckleyi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. suckleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). It may also be distinguished from
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. shiraii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="shiraii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. shiraii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. japonicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. brevirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by pre-pelvic length 47.2%-49.3% TL and prenarial length 4.7%-5.1% TL (vs. 44.1%-46.8% TL and 5.4%-5.6% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. shiraii" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="shiraii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. shiraii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 43.7%-45.9% TL and 5.9%-6.8% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. japonicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 42.4%-46.9% TL and 3.8%-4.3% TL for
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. brevirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). It is also easily separated from
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. brevirostris" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">S. brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having pectoral free rear tips rounded (vs. conspicuously pointed).
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