WoRMS taxon details
Mustelus mento Cope, 1877
271390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271390)
accepted
Species
Galeorhinus mento (Cope, 1877) · unaccepted
Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 · unaccepted
Mustelus edulis Pérez Canto, 1886 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cope, E. D. (1877). Synopsis of the cold blooded vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> v. 17: 33-49. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mustelus mento Cope, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271390 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Cope, E. D. (1877). Synopsis of the cold blooded vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> v. 17: 33-49. [details]
original description (of Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) Evermann, B. W.; Radcliffe L. (1917). The fishes of the west coast of Peru and the Titicaca Basin. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 95: i-xi + 1-166, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.95.i [details]
original description (of Mustelus edulis 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 Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) Evermann, B. W.; Radcliffe L. (1917). The fishes of the west coast of Peru and the Titicaca Basin. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 95: i-xi + 1-166, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.95.i [details]
original description (of Mustelus edulis 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]
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 (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 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 (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeorhinus mento (Cope, 1877))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Mustelus edulis Pérez Canto, 1886)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus mento)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus edulis Pérez Canto, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Galeorhinus mento (Cope, 1877))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus abbotti P09671 illustration) (from synonym Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus mento RAD110803-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus mento RAD110803-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeorhinus mento (Cope, 1877))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Mustelus edulis Pérez Canto, 1886)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus mento)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus edulis Pérez Canto, 1886)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Galeorhinus mento (Cope, 1877))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus abbotti P09671 illustration) (from synonym Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus mento RAD110803-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus mento RAD110803-002)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
