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Cetorhinidae Gill, 1862 
AphiaID: 105701

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Parent Lamniformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English basking sharks  [details]
French requins pélerin  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål brugdefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk brugdefamilien  [details]
Spanish peregrinos  [details]
Swedish brugdhajar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816

Genus Hannovera (nomen nudum)

Genus Halsydrus Neill, 1809 accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Genus Polyprosopus Couch, 1862 accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Genus Scoliophis accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Genus Selache Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Genus Selachus Minding, 1832 accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Genus Squalis accepted as Squalus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Tetraoras accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Genus Tetroras Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105701
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Cetorhinidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105701 on 2013-05-26
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