Scyliorhinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Scyliorhinus
Species: †S. biformis – S. boa – S. cabofriensis – S. canicula – S. capensis – S. cervigoni – S. comoroensis – †S. destombesi – S. garmani – S. hachijoensis – S. haeckelii – S. hesperius – †S. kannenbergi – S. meadi – †S. monsaugustus – †S. muelleri – S. retifer – S. stellaris – †S. suelstorfensis – S. tokubee – S. torazame – S. torrei – S. ugoi

Name

Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816

Type species: Squalus canicula Linnaeus, 1758

Etymology: skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark, probably from skyllo (= to tear or mangle); rhine (= rasp), an ancient name for sharks alluding to their rasp-like skin. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Catulus Valmont de Bomare, 1764
Catulus (subgenus of Scyllium) Smith (ex Willoughby), 1838
- Scyllium (Catulus) Smith (ex Willoughby), 1838
Scyllium Cuvier, 1816

References

Blainville, H. de. 1816. Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des sciences, par la Société philomathique de Paris 8: 105–112 [sic for 113–120] +121–124. BHL Reference page.
Ito, N., Fujii, M., Nohara,K. & Tanaka, S. 2022. Scyliorhinus hachijoensis, a new species of catshark from the Izu Islands, Japan (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Zootaxa 5092(3): 331–349. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.3.5 Reference page.
Soares, K.D.A., Gadig, O.B.F. & Gomes, U.L. 2015. Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Zootaxa 3937(2): 347–361. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.6 Reference page.
Soares, K.D.A. & Carvalho, M.R.de 2019. The catshark genus Scyliorhinus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae): taxonomy, morphology and distribution. Zootaxa 4601(1): 1–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4601.1.1. ResearchGate Reference page.
Soares, K.D.A., Carvalho, M.R.de 2020. Phylogenetic relationship of catshark species of the genus Scyliorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) based on comparative morphology. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96(2): 345-395. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.52420 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gefleckte Katzenhaie
English: Spotted cat sharks
日本語: トラザメ属
தமிழ்: புள்ளி பூனைச் சுறா