WoRMS taxon details
Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899
271623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271623)
accepted
Species
Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271623 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details]
original description (of Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12839348#page/5/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12839348#page/5/mode/1up [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (84 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centroscyllium nigrum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905)
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centroscyllium nigrum RAD109974 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centroscyllium nigrum RAD109974-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centroscyllium ruscosum P02641 illustration) (from synonym Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centroscyllium nigrum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905)
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centroscyllium nigrum RAD109974 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centroscyllium nigrum RAD109974-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centroscyllium ruscosum P02641 illustration) (from synonym Centroscyllium ruscosum Gilbert, 1905)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
