Squalus quasimodo

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 quasimodo

Name

Squalus quasimodo Viana et al., 2016

• Holotype: MZUSP 118707 (formerly, UERJ 1111).
• Paratypes: (3) UERJ 1741, 1819; MCP 773.

Type locality: off the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Etymology: Named for The Hunchback of Notre-Dame from the 19th Century novel by Victor Hugo, in obvious reference to its most noticeable character.

Synonyms

• Squalus blainvillei (not Risso): Regan, 1908 (in part): 45, 47
• Squalus fernandinus (not Molina): Garman, 1913
• Squalus lebruni (not (Vaillant, 1888)): Myagkov & Kondyurin, 1986
• Squalus mitsukurii (not Jordan & Snyder): Calderón, 1994

Vernacular names

English: Humpback Western dogfish
português: Cação-bagre-corcunda

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.