WoRMS taxon details
Ginglymostomatidae Gill, 1862
AphiaID: 105705
AphiaID: 105705
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Orectolobiformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Ginglymostoma Müller & Henle, 1837 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Orectolobiformes | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [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 |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Ginglymostoma Müller & Henle, 1837 Genus Nebrius Rüppell, 1837 Genus Nebrodes Genus Pseudoginglymostoma Dingerkus, 1986 Genus Ginglimostoma accepted as Ginglymostoma Müller & Henle, 1837 Genus Gyglinostoma accepted as Ginglymostoma Müller & Henle, 1837 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Marine, all oceans. Small to large sharks with nasoral grooves, short to long barbels, small spiracles behind eyes. Two spineless fins and an anal fin, the second dorsal origin well ahead of the anal origin. A short precaudal tail, much shorter than the head and the body. These are common, small to large, nocturnal, inshore bottom sharks with a circumglobal distribution in subtropical and tropical waters, in depths from the intertidal down to at least 70 m. These sharks cruise and clamber on the bottom with their mouths and barbels close to the substrate while searching for food. They use their short, small mouths and large mouth cavities as a bellows to suck in their prey. Food items: bony fish, crabs, shrimps, lobsters, squids, octopuses, corals, sea urchins, sea squirts. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105705 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ginglymostomatidae. 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=105705 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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