WoRMS taxon details
Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AphiaID: 105919
AphiaID: 105919
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squaliformes (Order) > Somniosidae (Family) > Somniosus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Somniosus Lesueur, 1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Laemargus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) Leiodon echinatum Wood, 1846 Scymnus glacialis Faber, 1829 Scymnus gunneri Thienemann, 1828 Scymnus micropterus Valenciennes, 1832 Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818 (synonym) Squalus borealis Scoresby, 1820 (synonym) Squalus microcephalus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Squalus norvegianus Blainville, 1825 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 46 [details] additional source: Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110. page(s): 46 [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: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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] 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: Scoresby, W.. 1820. An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the northern Whale-Fishery, vol. 1 + 2. Hurst, Edinburgh 1:p.538, plate 15, fig.5 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lesueur, C.A. (1818). Description of several new species of North American fishes. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 1 (pt 2), pp 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 10, 11, 14. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Van Beneden, P.-J. (1853). Sur un poisson rare de nos côtes (Scimnus glacialis) et ses parasites. Bull. Acad. R. Sci. Lett. B.-Arts Belg. XX(IIe partie): 258-263, 2 plates (look up in IMIS) [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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Davis Strait [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Strait [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ungava Bay [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ommatokoita elongata (Grant, 1827) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ommatokoita superba Leigh-Sharpe, 1926 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeopoda elongata (Grant, 1827) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Dinemoura ferox (Krøyer, 1838) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (146 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feed on fishes, including herring, Atlantic salmon, Arctic char, capelin, redfish, sculpins, lumpfish, cod, haddock, Atlantic halibut, Greenland halibut and skates, as well as cephalopods, gastropods, crustaceans, sea birds and marine mammals. [details] Distribution: Greenland, Davis Strait to Eastport, Maine [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Cool northern seas; found near the surface of estuaries, shallow bays and coastal waters during winter and cooler waters to 600m in summer. [details] Importance: Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Man [details] Reproduction: Ovoviviparous [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105919 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). 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=105919 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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