FAMILY Details for Chlamydoselachidae

Family Chlamydoselachidae - Frilled sharks
Order	:	Hexanchiformes
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.	:	Compagno, L.J.V. 1984
Coordinator	:
Deep Fin Classification	:

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

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Scientifc name	Status	Senior/Junior synonym	Combination
Chlamydoselachus anguineus Garman, 1884	accepted	senior	original
Didymodus anguineus (Garman, 1884)	synonym	senior	new
! Chlamydalachus anguineus Garman, 1884	synonym	senior	original
! Chlamydoselache anguinea Garman, 1884	synonym	senior	original
! Chlamydoselachus anguineum Garman, 1884	synonym	senior	original
Chlamydoselachus africana Ebert & Compagno, 2009	accepted	senior	original
Chlamydoselachus sp. A Not applicable	synonym	other	other
Chlamydoselachus anguineus (non Garman, 1884)	misapplied	misapplied	original