Scyliorhinus
| Scyliorhinus Temporal range: 104–0Ma[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.
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)
- 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) [2]
- Scyliorhinus sp. X Not yet described (Oakley's catshark)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology, 364: p.560.
- ↑ 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.