Squalus acutipinnis

Taxonavigation: Squaliformes

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: Squalomorphii Ordo: Squaliformes

Familia: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus

Species: Squalus acutipinnis

Name

Squalus acutipinnis Regan, 1908

• Syntypes: BMNH 1859.5.7.68 (1) Cape of Good Hope, 1900.11.6.14 (1) Table Bay, 1905.6.8.8 (1) Natal, 1881.3.11.2 (1, stuffed and mounted) Mauritius.

Type locality: Southwestern Indian Ocean.

Synonymy

Compagno (1984) concerns Squalus acutipinnis as synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881), but see Viana & Carvalho, 2016.

References

• Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. i-viii + 1-249. PDF Reference page. 
• Regan, C.T. 1908. A collection of fishes from the coasts of Natal, Zululand, and Cape Colony. Annals of the Natal Museum 1(3): 241–255, Pls. 37–42. Reference page. 
• Viana, S.T.d.F. & Carvalho, M.R.d. 2016. Redescription of Squalus acutipinnis Regan, 1908, a Valid Species of Spiny Dogfish from Southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Squalidae). Copeia 104(2): 539–553. Abstract. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-217 Reference page.