Squalus acanthias

Taxonavigation

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

Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758

Syntypes: NRM 85, ?UUZM 159, 160.

Etymology: acanthias (= spine or prickly thing), referring to dorsal fin spines. (From: The ETYFish project)

Acanthorhinus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948: 452
- Spinax acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758) — Cuvier, 1817
Squalus fernandinus Molina, 1782: 188, 189, 285
Acanthias vulgaris Risso, 1826: 13
Acanthias americanus Storer, 1846: 506
Spinax acantheus Cuvier, 1863: 320
Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, 1888: 5, 13, 14, plate 1, fig. 2
- Squalus lebruni (Vaillant, 1888) — Berg, 1895: 6
Squalus blainvillei (non Risso, 1827) Schreiner & Ribeiro, 1903: 79
Squalus barbouri Howell-Rivero, 1936: 47, 48
Squalus tasmaniensis Howell-Rivero, 1936
- Flakeus tasmaniensis (Howell-Rivero, 1936) — Whitley, 1940: 139
Koinga whitleyi Whitley, 1940: 139
Koinga kirki Whitley, 1940: 140
- Squalus kirki (Whitley, 1940) — Phillipps, 1931

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Viana, S.T.d.F., Carvalho, M.R.d. & Gomes, U.L. 2016. Taxonomy and morphology of species of the genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Squalidae). Zootaxa 4133(1): 1–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4133.1.1. Reference page.