WoRMS taxon details
Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899)
217640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217640)
accepted
Species
Halaelurus guagga (Alcock, 1899) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scyliorhinus quagga (Alcock, 1899) · unaccepted
Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899) Alcock, A. W. (1899). A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea fishes in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea fishes collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship Investigator. <em>Calcutta.</em> i-iii + 1-211 + i-viii. [New genera appearing in this work appeared first in J. Asiatic Soc Bengal and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12414 [details]
Description Found on the continental shelves. Not utilized at present.
Description Found on the continental shelves. Not utilized at present. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217640 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899) Alcock, A. W. (1899). A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea fishes in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea fishes collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship Investigator. <em>Calcutta.</em> i-iii + 1-211 + i-viii. [New genera appearing in this work appeared first in J. Asiatic Soc Bengal and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12414 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the continental shelves. Not utilized at present. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Quagga catshark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Halaelurus guagga (Alcock, 1899))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus quagga (Alcock, 1899))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halaelurus quagga)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus quagga (Alcock, 1899))
To FishBase (from synonym Halaelurus guagga (Alcock, 1899))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus quagga RAD110573 thru RAD110575 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus quagga RAD110573-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Halaelurus guagga (Alcock, 1899))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus quagga (Alcock, 1899))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halaelurus quagga)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus quagga (Alcock, 1899))
To FishBase (from synonym Halaelurus guagga (Alcock, 1899))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium quagga Alcock, 1899)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus quagga RAD110573 thru RAD110575 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halaelurus quagga RAD110573-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
