Parmaturus melanobranchus

Animalia/Chordata/Elasmobranchii/Carcharhiniformes/Scyliorhinidae/Parmaturus

At a glance

Occurrence records23

Data sources8

Biological traits6

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Parmaturus melanobranchus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System14 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS23 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The blackgill catshark (Parmaturus melanobranchus) is a deepwater catshark known from very few specimens, found on or near the bottom on the continental slope, at 540 - off the coasts of China and Japan. Specimens can attain a total length of at least 85 cm, but nothing else is known of its biology. This shark is a potential bycatch of deepwater bottom-trawl fisheries operating within its range, but no specific information is available.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebathydemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max810 m

Depth min540 m

Vulnerability54

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Parmaturus melanobranchus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type23 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered11

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO56 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit0

200–1000 m twilight8

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 687.5 m · max 847.5 m · 8 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 8 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 11 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
FishBaselocation not on record	2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 3 of 11 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Parmaturus melanobranchus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median26.9 °C 26.9–26.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.80 °C

Max temp (day)27.4 °C

Min temp (night)26.2 °C

Precipitation123 mm/mo

Air humidity65.4 %

Vapour deficit1,221 Pa

Cloud cover54.9 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.