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WoRMS taxon details

Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818

AphiaID

158525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158525)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Squatina Duméril, 1805

Original name

Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Western Atlantic: southern New England, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica and Venezuela. Also in Columbia

Distribution Western Atlantic: southern New England, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica and Venezuela. Also in Columbia [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158525 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14. [details]

basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354. [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. Scientific Data. 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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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]