WoRMS taxon details

Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

105820 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105820)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Elasmobranchii (Class)
  8. Neoselachii (Subclass)
  9. Selachii (Infraclass)
  10. Galeomorphi (Superorder)
  11. Carcharhiniformes (Order)
  12. Triakidae (Family)
  13. Galeorhininae (Subfamily)
  14. Galeorhinus (Genus)
  15. Galeorhinus galeus (Species)
accepted
Species
Galeorhinus de Blainville, 1816
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 234 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105820 on 2026-07-09
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 234 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834) Bonaparte, C.L. (1834). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. <em>Pesci. Roma.</em> 12: Fasc. 6-11, puntate 29-58. [details] 

original description (of Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930) Whitley, G. P. (1930). The teeth of fishes. <em>Australian Museum Magazine.</em> 4(3): 92-99., available online at https://museum-publications.australian.museum/media/dd/Uploads/Documents/28773/AMS368_V4-3_lowres.5f94491.pdf [details] 

original description (of Galeus chilensis Pérez Canto, 1886) Pérez Canto, C. (1886). Historia natural. -- Estudio sobre algunos escualos de la costa de Chile. <em>Anales de la Universidad de Chile.</em> 69(1): [1-12] 1003-1016., available online at https://anales.uchile.cl/index.php/ANUC/article/view/20076/21235 [details] 

original description (of Galeus communis Owen, 1853) Owen, R. (1853). Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Vol. 1. Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Marsupialia. London. 350 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19777065#page/7/mode/1up [details] 

original description (of Galeus linnei Malm, 1877) Malm, A. W. (1877). Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren. <em>Göteborg Handelstidning Akteriolags Tryckeri Göteborg.</em> 1-674, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=Y7ctAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false [details] 

original description (of Galeus molinae Philippi, 1887) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Historia natural. — Sobre los tiburones y algunos otros peces de Chile. [Plus:] Apendice sobre el peje-espada, peje-aguja, peje-perro i vieja negra. <em>Anales de la Universidad de Chile Sec.</em> 1, v. 71: 535-574, Pls. 1-8., available online at https://anales.uchile.cl/index.php/ANUC/article/view/23750/25073 [details] 

original description (of Galeus nilssoni Bonaparte, 1846) Bonaparte, C.L. (1846). Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli.</em> Part 2: 1-95. [details] 

original description (of Galeus vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details] 

original description (of Squalus rhinophanes Péron, 1807) Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). <i>Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804</i>. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.44096 [details] 

original description (of Galeorhinus vitaminicus de Buen, 1950) de Buen, F. (1950). Contribuciones a la Ictiología. II. El tiburón vitamínico de la costa uruguaya Galeorhinus vitaminicus nov. sp., y algunas consideraciones generales sobre su biología. 4: 153-162. [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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] OpenAccess publication

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 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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 234 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Classification Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
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Albanian peshk qen  [details]
Breton ha mor c'haz  [details]
Danish gråhaj  [details]
Dutch steenhaai [from synonym]ruwe haai  [details]
English tope sharktopesweet williamsoupfin shark [from synonym]  [details]
French requin-hârequin à grands aileronsmilandre  [details]
German Hundshaigrosser Hundshai  [details]
Italian polombogaleo canesca  [details]
Lithuanian paprastasis sriubinis ryklys  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σκυλογαλέος  [details]
Norwegian gråhai  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål gråhai  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk gråhai  [details]
Polish żarłacz szary  [details]
Portuguese caçao  [details]
Russian суповая акулаСуповая (кунья) акулаили галеус  [details]
Spanish tiburón aceitosogazóncazón  [details]
Swedish gråhajbethaj  [details]
Turkish camgözcamgoz  [details]
Ukrainian Кунья акулаАкула супова сіра  [details]
Welsh ci glas  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galeus linnei Malm, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galeus molinae Philippi, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galeorhinus vitaminicus de Buen, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus rhinophanes Péron, 1807)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications) (from synonym Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Galeus zyopterus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Galeus communis Owen, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (190 publications) (from synonym Galeus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Notogaleus rhinophanes (Péron, 1807))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Galeus australis MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Galeorhinus australis (MacLeay, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Notogaleus australis (MacLeay, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (362 publications) (from synonym Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Galeus chilensis Pérez Canto, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Galeorhinus chilensis (Pérez Canto, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Eugaleus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galeorhinus galeus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus australis MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus communis Owen, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus chilensis Pérez Canto, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus molinae Philippi, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeorhinus chilensis (Pérez Canto, 1886))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeorhinus australis (MacLeay, 1881))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus zyopterus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus nilssoni Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Notogaleus australis (MacLeay, 1881))
To FishBase (from synonym Eugaleus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Notogaleus rhinophanes (Péron, 1807))
To Fishbase (from synonym Galeorhinus galeo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeorhinus vitaminicus de Buen, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus rhinophanes Péron, 1807)
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 65 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeorhinus galeus RAD100104-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeorhinus galeus USNM 221222 radiograph) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeorhinus zyopterus P11295 illustration) (from synonym Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
To PESI 
To ITIS
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