Scientific Name	Chlamydoselachus anguineus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Garman, 1884	Depth	0 - 1570M
Chinese	皺鰓鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	皺鰓鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F031　Chlamydoselachidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	皺鰓鯊
Max Length	200 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	擬鰻鮫
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japanese seas [Western North Pacific]
Synonyms	Chlamydalachus anguineus, Chlamydoselache anguinea, Chlamydoselachus anguineum, Didymodus anguineus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world  Garman, S. 1884 Smith, J. L. B. 1967 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Ida, H. etc. 1986 Kubota, T. etc. 1991 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0060832. ASIZP0060833. ASIZP0070654. ASIZP0075088. NMNSF00535. NMNSF00563.
Common Name	Frilled shark; Silk shark; Scaffold shark; Frill-gilled shark; Greenland shark; Frill shark
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Lower Risk/near threatened(NT)  2003-04-30
Characteristic	A body slender and eel-like shark species, with a prominent keels on both sides of abdomen. Head with 6 pairs of gill slits, the lower ends of the first gill slits connected to each other across throat. Snout very short and truncated, mouth terminal on head. Teeth alike in both upper and lower jaws, with three strong cusps and a pair of intermediate cusplets, not saw or bladelike. One dorsal fin. Anal fin larger than dorsal fin. Caudal fin without a subterminal notch.
habitats	A very rare, little known deepwater shark. Benthic on the outer continental and insular shelves and upper slopes, at depth 120-1280. Ovoviviparous, number of embryos 8-12. Maximum size about 196 cm, size at birth estimated to be about 39 cm. Size at matur
Distribution	Eastern Atlantic from northern Norway to the Atlantic Slope off northern Scotland and western Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Mauritania, Madeira, Angola, northern Namibia. Western Indian Ocean off South Africa. Western Pacific off Japan, Taiwa
Utility	This species were taken incidentally in bottom trawls catches. Stock size is very limited. Utilized for fishmeal for human consumption.