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Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818 
AphiaID: 148889

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 unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rank Species
Parent Somniosus Lesueur, 1818
Sources  original description: 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]

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

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To FishBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148889
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). Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818. 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=148889 on 2013-06-19
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