WoRMS taxon details
Squalidae de Blainville, 1816
Genus Cirrhigaleus Tanaka, 1912
Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Flakeus Whitley, 1939 accepted as Squalus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phaenopogon Herre, 1935 accepted as Cirrhigaleus Tanaka, 1912
Genus Squalis accepted as Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Flakeus Whitley, 1939 accepted as Squalus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phaenopogon Herre, 1935 accepted as Cirrhigaleus Tanaka, 1912
Genus Squalis accepted as Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. No lateral teeth or barbels. Dorsal fin with or without spines. The 5...
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. No lateral teeth or barbels. Dorsal fin with or without spines. The 5 gill openings anterior to pectoral fin. Maximum length at 6.3 m, reported for Somniosus microcephalus. This family includes the smallest sharks in the world. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Squalidae de Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105716 on 2023-06-09
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. No lateral teeth or barbels. Dorsal fin with or without spines. The 5 gill openings anterior to pectoral fin. Maximum length at 6.3 m, reported for Somniosus microcephalus. This family includes the smallest sharks in the world. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | dogfish sharks | [details] |
| Japanese | ツノザメ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | pigghåfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | pigghåfamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | pigghajar | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalidae USNM 111435)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalidae USNM 263334)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalidae USNM 111435)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalidae USNM 263334)
To ITIS
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