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Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 105820

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Triakidae (Family) > Galeorhininae (Subfamily) > Galeorhinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Galeorhinus Blainville, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930
Eugaleus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Galeorhinus australis (Macleay, 1881)
Galeorhinus chilensis (Pérez Canto, 1886)
Galeorhinus vitaminicus de Buen, 1950
Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Galeus australis Macleay, 1881
Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834
Galeus chilensis Pérez Canto, 1886
Galeus communis Owen, 1853
Galeus linnei Malm, 1877
Galeus molinae Philippi, 1887
Galeus nilssoni Bonaparte, 1846
Galeus vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Galeus zyopterus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
Notogaleus australis (Macleay, 1881)
Notogaleus rhinophanes (Péron, 1807)
Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
Squalus rhinophanes Péron, 1807
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 234 [details]


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]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 234 [details]


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

from synonym: Bonaparte, C.L. (1834). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. Pesci. Roma. Fasc. 6-11, puntate 29-58, 12 pls. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian peshk qen  [details]
Breton ha mor c'haz  [details]
Danish gråhaj  [details]
Dutch ruwe haai  [details]
Dutch steenhaai (from synonym)  [details]
English soupfin shark (from synonym)  [details]
English sweet william  [details]
English tope  [details]
French milandre  [details]
French requin à grands ailerons (from synonym)  [details]
French requin-hâ  [details]
German grosser Hundshai  [details]
German Hundshai  [details]
Italian galeo canesca  [details]
Italian polombo  [details]
Lithuanian paprastasis sriubinis ryklys  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σκυλογαλέος  [details]
Norwegian gråhai  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål gråhai  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk gråhai  [details]
Polish żarłacz szary  [details]
Portuguese caçao  [details]
Russian или галеус  [details]
Russian суповая акула  [details]
Spanish cazón  [details]
Spanish gazón  [details]
Swedish bethaj  [details]
Swedish gråhaj  [details]
Turkish camgoz  [details]
Turkish camgöz  [details]
Ukrainian Акула супова сіра  [details]
Ukrainian Кунья акула  [details]
Welsh ci glas  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Columbia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Host of  Luetkenia integra Richiardi, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Eudactylina insolens Scott T. & A., 1913 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Kroyeria lineata van Beneden, 1853 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeopoda galei Krøyer, 1837 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Classification: Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Images 
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Poll (1947, fig. 033 & 034)
Poll (1947, fig. 033 & 034)
added on 2008-08-11 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Bonaparte)
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Galeorhinus galeus
Galeorhinus galeus
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Galeorhinus galeus
Galeorhinus galeus
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105820
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=105820 on 2013-05-19
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