WoRMS taxon details
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)
271653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271653)
accepted
Species
Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921) Archey, G. (1921). A new species of shark. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 53: 195-196, 39. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271653 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921) Archey, G. (1921). A new species of shark. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 53: 195-196, 39. [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
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 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 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]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi RAD100101-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi RAD100101-003)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi RAD100101-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi RAD100101-003)
To ITIS