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Somniosidae 
AphiaID: 267047

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squaliformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Squaliformes
Source  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English sleeper sharks  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål håkjerringfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk håkjerringfamilien  [details]
Swedish håkäringhajar  [details]
All child
taxa

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 Genus Centroscymnus Bocage & Capello, 1864
  » Species Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864
» Species Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)
» Species Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906
» Species Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906
» Species Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906
» Species Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910)
» Species Centroscymnus furvescens De Buen, 1960 accepted as Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)
» Species Centroscymnus fuscus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924 accepted as Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
» Species Centroscymnus macrops Hu & Li, 1982 accepted as Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864
» Species Centroscymnus obscurus Vaillant, 1888 accepted as Scymnodon obscurus (Vaillant, 1888)
» Species Centroscymnus owstoni Garman, 1906 accepted as Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906
» Species Centroscymnus squamulosus (Günther, 1877) accepted as Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877)
Genus Scymnodalatias
  » Species Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986
» Species Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988
» Species Scymnodalatias oligodon Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988
» Species Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)
Genus Scymnodon
  » 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)
Genus Somniosus Lesueur, 1818
  » Species Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939
» Species Somniosus longus (Tanaka, 1912)
» Species Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
» Species Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944
» Species Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827)
» Species Somniosus bauchotae Quéro, 1975 accepted as Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827)
» Species Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Genus Zameus
  » Species Zameus ichiharai (Yano & Tanaka, 1984)
» Species Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877)

Genus Centroselachus Garman, 1913 accepted as Centroscymnus Bocage & Capello, 1864
  » Species Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864) accepted as Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)
Genus Heteroscymnus accepted as Somniosus Lesueur, 1818
  » Species Heteroscymnus longus Tanaka, 1912 accepted as Somniosus longus (Tanaka, 1912)
Genus Leiodon Wood, 1846 accepted as Somniosus Lesueur, 1818
  » Species Leiodon echinatum Wood, 1846 accepted as Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Genus Proscymnodon Fowler, 1934 accepted as Centroscymnus Bocage & Capello, 1864
  » Species Proscymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) accepted as Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906
» Species Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) accepted as Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267047
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2008-01-11 06:43:30Z  created  Decock, Wim
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Somniosidae. 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=267047 on 2013-05-20
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