WoRMS taxon details
Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959
271364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271364)
accepted
Species
Pristiurus polli (Cadenat, 1959) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cadenat, J. (1959). Notes d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XX.--Galeus polli espèce nouvelle ovovivipare de Scylliorhinidae. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> v. 21 (no. 1): 395-409. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271364 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Cadenat, J. (1959). Notes d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XX.--Galeus polli espèce nouvelle ovovivipare de Scylliorhinidae. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> v. 21 (no. 1): 395-409. [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]
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 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
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pristiurus polli (Cadenat, 1959))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galeus polli)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristiurus polli (Cadenat, 1959))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeus polli RAD110433-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeus polli RAD110433-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pristiurus polli (Cadenat, 1959))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galeus polli)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristiurus polli (Cadenat, 1959))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeus polli RAD110433-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeus polli RAD110433-002)
To ITIS