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Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898 
AphiaID: 105703

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		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Typetaxon Mitsukurina Jordan, 1898
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 goblin shark  [details]
French requins lutin  [details]
Japanese chien wên sha k’o  [details]
Japanese mitsukurizame-ka  [details]
Russian akuly domovye  [details]
Spanish tiburones duende  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Mitsukurina Jordan, 1898
Genus Scapanorhynchus Woodward, 1889
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105703
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-01-18 08:27:51Z  changed  Dewitte, Elien
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Mitsukurinidae. 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=105703 on 2013-05-18
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