WoRMS taxon details
Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906)
299100 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:299100)
accepted
Species
Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910 · unaccepted (synonym)
Centrophorus waitei Thompson, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906 · unaccepted
Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910) · unaccepted
Etmopterus paessleri Lönnberg, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Proscymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) · unaccepted
Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) · unaccepted
Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906) Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562643 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=299100 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910) Waite, E. R. (1910). Notes on New Zealand fishes. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 42 (art. 48) (for 1909): 384-391, Pls. 37-38. [details]
original description (of Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906) Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562643 [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]
original description (of Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906) Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562643 [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] 
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 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 Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) (from synonym Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus waitei Thompson, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Etmopterus paessleri Lönnberg, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Proscymnodon plunketi) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Proscymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus waitei Thompson, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus paessleri Lönnberg, 1907)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) (from synonym Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To NHMUK collection (Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3111447) (from synonym Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus waitei Thompson, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Etmopterus paessleri Lönnberg, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Proscymnodon plunketi) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Proscymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase (from synonym Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrophorus waitei Thompson, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus paessleri Lönnberg, 1907)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Centrophorus plunketi Waite, 1910)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) (from synonym Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910))
To NHMUK collection (Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3111447) (from synonym Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
