Galeus

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Blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Galeus Cuvier, 1816
Species
See text.

Galeus is a genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae.

[edit] Species

• Antilles catshark, Galeus antillensis Springer, 1979
• Roughtail catshark, Galeus arae (Nichols, 1927)
• Atlantic sawtail cat shark, Galeus atlanticus (Vaillant, 1888) Atlantic sawtail
• Australian sawtail catshark, Galeus boardmani (Whitley, 1928)
• Longfin sawtail cat shark, Galeus cadenati Springer, 1966
• Gecko catshark, Galeus eastmani (Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
• Slender sawtail catshark, Galeus gracilis Compagno & Stevens, 1993
• Longnose sawtail cat shark, Galeus longirostris Tachikawa & Taniuchi, 1987
• Blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810
• Southern sawtail catshark, Galeus mincaronei Soto, 2001
• Mouse catshark, Galeus murinus (Collett, 1904)
• Broadfin sawtail catshark, Galeus nipponensis Nakaya, 1975
• Peppered catshark, Galeus piperatus Springer & Wagner, 1966
• African sawtail catshark, Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959
• Blacktip sawtail catshark, Galeus sauteri (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
• Dwarf sawtail catshark, Galeus schultzi Springer, 1979
• Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri Konstantinou & Cozzi, 1998
• Northern sawtail catshark, Galeus sp. B

[edit] References

• "Galeus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.