Squalus albicaudus

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 albicaudus

Name

Squalus albicaudus Viana et al., 2016

• Holotype: MNRJ 30188.
• Paratypes: (11) MNRJ 30173, 30174, 30175, 30176, 30177, 30181, 30183, 30184, 30185, 30186, 30187.

Type locality: north coast of Espírito Santo state, Brazil, 19°42'54"S, 39°25'57"W, 195 m depth.

Etymology: From the Latin albus (= white), and cauda (= tail), in reference to the white ventral lobe of its caudal fin.

Synonyms

• Squalus megalops (not Macleay): Regan, 1908: 45, 47
• Squalus cubensis (not Howell-Rivero): Figueiredo, 1977 (in part): 8

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian whitetail dogfish
português: Cação-bagre-de-cauda-branca

References

• 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.