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Squalus borealis Scoresby, 1820 
AphiaID: 148842

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squaliformes (Order) > Squalidae (Family) > Squalus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Laemargus Müller & Henle, 1837
Parent Squalus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: 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]

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

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

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

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To FishBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148842
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-03-29 13:34:27Z  created  Claus, Simon
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Squalus borealis Scoresby, 1820. 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=148842 on 2013-05-22
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