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	<dwc:Order>Anguilliformes</dwc:Order>
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	<dwc:Genus>Ophichthus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Ophichthus melope McCosker &amp; Rosenblatt, 1998</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Japanese velvet dogfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Jaapani samethai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Ichihara-biroudozame</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>石原异鳞鲨</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>石原異鱗鯊</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Zameus ichiharai (Yano &amp; Tanaka, 1984)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&amp;speccode=53991'>Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26282&amp;speccode=53991'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. (Ref. 26282)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31249&amp;speccode=53991'>Yano, K and S. Tanaka0 Review of the deep sea squaloid shark genus &lt;i&gt;Scymnodon&lt;/i&gt; of Japan, with a description of a new species. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 30(4):341-360. (Ref. 31249)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=53991'>Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31982&amp;speccode=53991'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-8018-6048-2' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35766&amp;speccode=53991'>Compagno, L.J.V.0 Checklist of living elasmobranchs. p. 471-498. In W.C. Hamlett (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. (Ref. 35766)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58085&amp;speccode=53991'>Compagno, L.J.V., D. Dando and S. Fowler0 Sharks of the world. Princeton field guides. Harper Collins Publishing Ltd., London. 368 p. (Ref. 58085)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=53991'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=53991'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=118627&amp;speccode=53991'>Kumar R.R., Venu S., Akhilesh K.V., Bineesh K.K. and Rajan P.T.0 First report of four deep-sea chondrichthyans (Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) from Andaman waters, India with an updated checklist from the region. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 48(3):289-301. (Ref. 118627)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=125648&amp;speccode=53991'>White, W.T., D.F. Vaz, H.C. Ho, D.A. Ebert, M.R. de Carvalho, S. Corrigan, E. Rochel, M. de Carvalho, S. Tanaka and G.J. Naylor0 Redescription of &lt;i&gt;Scymnodon ichiharai&lt;/i&gt; Yano and Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of omniosid genera. White WT, Vaz DF, Ho HC, Ebert DA, de Carvalho MR, Corrigan S, Rochel E, de Carvalho M, Tanaka S, Naylor GJ. Redescription of &lt;i&gt;Scymnodon ichiharai&lt;/i&gt; Yano and Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera. Ichthyol. Res. 62(2):213-229. (Ref. 125648)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1849954984' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128868&amp;speccode=53991'>Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. 	Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=131163&amp;speccode=53991'>Kumar, R.R., S. Venu, K.K. Bineesh, K.A. Sajeela, D.A. Ebert, A. Gopalakrishnan and V.S. Basheer0 First record of the rare deep-sea shark, &lt;i&gt;Scymnodon ichiharai&lt;/i&gt; Yano and Tanaka, 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from Andaman waters, India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences: [1-9]. [First appeared online, pp. 1-9, on 30 May 2024.] (Ref. 131163)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>The smallest recorded mature male is 89.2 cm TL; smallest juvenile male 49.2 cm TL; a female found pregnant with both uteri containing an undetermined number of fertilised eggs 135,1 cm TL; one immature female 105.5 cm TL and five mature females between 126.0-145.5 cm TL (Ref. 125648). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31249&amp;speccode=53991'>Yano, K and S. Tanaka 1984 Review of the deep sea squaloid shark genus &lt;i&gt;Scymnodon&lt;/i&gt; of Japan, with a description of a new species. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 30(4):341-360. (Ref. 31249)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>This large brownish-black deep-water shark is distinguished by the following: body is subcylindrical; head depressed, flat above and broad; short snout; dermal denticles along the trunk with pedicelated crowns, supporting dorsal leaf-like blades, with posterior margin of blade straight, slightly undulated, or serrated; only oblique cusps on the lower jaw teeth, without any symmetrical symphysial tooth and outer margin of main cusp almost erect; first and second dorsal fin with a small exposed spine; narrow paddle-shaped pectoral fin (pectoral fin posterior margin 4.6-6.9 % TL); pelvic fin about equal to the second dorsal fin; deep caudal fin, forked barely, with apex of the upper lobe moderately rounded; no anal fin; eyes and spiracle large; upper teeth much smaller than lower, distinct as small spear-like smooth edges in upper teeth and lower triangular (Ref. 125648, 131163).</dc:description>
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