Scyliorhinus Temporal range: 104–0 Ma[1] Late Albian to Present |
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Scyliorhinus canicula | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 |
Type species | |
Squalus canicula Linnaeus, 1758 |
Scylorhinus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. They are also known as "dogfish".
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period, late Albian age to the Pliocene epoch. [2][3]
Extant species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
- Scyliorhinus besnardi S. Springer & Sadowsky, 1970 (Polkadot catshark)
- Scyliorhinus boa Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Boa catshark)
- Scyliorhinus canicula Linnaeus, 1758 (Small-spotted catshark, or lesser-spotted dogfish)
- Scyliorhinus capensis J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (Yellowspotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus cervigoni Maurin & Bonnet, 1970 (West African catshark)
- Scyliorhinus comoroensis Compagno, 1988 (Comoro catshark)
- Scyliorhinus garmani Fowler, 1934 (Brownspotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus haeckelii A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907 (Freckled catshark)
- Scyliorhinus hesperius S. Springer, 1966 (Whitesaddled catshark)
- Scyliorhinus meadi S. Springer, 1966 (Blotched catshark)
- Scyliorhinus retifer Garman, 1881 (Chain catshark)
- Scyliorhinus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758 (Nursehound)
- Scyliorhinus tokubee Shirai, S. Hagiwara & Nakaya, 1992 (Izu catshark)
- Scyliorhinus torazame S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Cloudy catshark)
- Scyliorhinus torrei Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Dwarf catshark)
- Scyliorhinus ugoi K. D. A. Soares, Gadig & U. L. Gomes, 2015 (Dark freckled catshark) [4]
- Scyliorhinus sp. X Not yet described (Oakley's catshark)
Extinct Species
- †Scyliorhinus ambliatlanticus Lautiro Mora, 1999
- †Scyliorhinus angustus Münster, 1843
- †Scyliorhinus antiquus Agassiz, 1843
- †Scyliorhinus arambourgi Cappetta, 1980
- †Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis Cappetta & Case, 1999
- †Scyliorhinus biddlei Halter, 1995
- †Scyliorhinus biformis Reinecke, 2014
- †Scyliorhinus bloti Cappetta, 1980
- †Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis Underwood & Ward, 2008
- †Scyliorhinus cepaeformis Halter, 1990
- †Scyliorhinus coupatezi Herman, 1974
- †Scyliorhinus dubius Woodward, 1889
- †Scyliorhinus elongatus Davis, 1887
- †Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus fossilis Leriche, 1927
- †Scyliorhinus ivagrantae Case & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta, 1970
- †Scyliorhinus kannenbergi Leder, 2015
- †Scyliorhinus kasenoi Karasawa, 1989
- †Scyliorhinus luypaertsi Halter, 1995
- †Scyliorhinus malembeensis Dartevelle & Casier, 1959
- †Scyliorhinus monsaugustus Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013
- †Scyliorhinus moosi Herman, 1975
- †Scyliorhinus muelleri Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013
- †Scyliorhinus musteliformis Herman, 1977
- †Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus reyndersi Halter, 1995
- †Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis Reinecke, 2014
- †Scyliorhinus sulcidens Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus taylorensis Cappetta & Case, 1999
- †Scyliorhinus tensleepensis Case, 1987
- †Scyliorhinus trifolius Adnet, 2006
- †Scyliorhinus wardi Halter, 1990
- †Scyliorhinus woodwardi Cappetta, 1976
References
- ^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology, 364: p.560.
- ^ Paleobiology Database
- ^ Jeffrey C. Carrier,John A. Musick,Michael R. Heithaus Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives
- ^ Soares, K.D.A., Gadig, O.F.B. & Gomes, U.L. (2015). "Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Zootaxa, 3937 (2): 347–361.