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Scymnodon 
AphiaID: 105778

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squaliformes (Order) > Somniosidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Somniosidae
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: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

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taxa

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 Species Scymnodon obscurus (Vaillant, 1888)
Species Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Species Scymnodon ichiharai Yano & Tanaka, 1984 accepted as Zameus ichiharai (Yano & Tanaka, 1984)
Species Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) accepted as Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906
Species Scymnodon melas Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953 accepted as Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864
Species Scymnodon niger Chu & Meng, 1982 accepted as Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877)
Species Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) accepted as Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910)
Species Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921 accepted as Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)
Species Scymnodon squamulosus (Günther, 1877) accepted as Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105778
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scymnodon. 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=105778 on 2013-05-26
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