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WoRMS taxon details

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

105815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105815)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816

Original name

Squalus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Scyllium acanthonotum De Filippi, 1857 · unaccepted

Scyllium catulus Müller & Henle, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)

Squalus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Squalus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105815 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scyllium catulus Müller & Henle, 1838) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin. i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Squalus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Scyllium acanthonotum De Filippi, 1857) De Filippi, F.; Verany, J. B. (1857). Sopra alcuni pesci nuovi o poco noti del Mediterraneo. Nota. Memorie / Reale accademia delle scienze di Torino. (Ser. 2) v. 18: 187-199, 1 Pl. [details]

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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 (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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

Unreviewed

Classification Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	daci i detit	[details]
Breton	touill brasmarc'ha dourkribinfarlotbleiz mor	[details]
Catalan	gatvaire	[details]
Danish	storplettet rødhaj	[details]
Dutch	kathaai	[details]
English	nursehoundnurse [from synonym]large spotted dog-fish [from synonym]greater spotted dogfish	[details]
French	grande roussettegrande rousette [from synonym]	[details]
German	grossgefleckter Katzenhai	[details]
Lithuanian	žvaigždėtasis katryklis	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Γατοψαράκι	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	storflekket rødhai	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	storflekka raudhai	[details]
Polish	rekinek plamisty	[details]
Russian	кошачья акулаили крупнопятнистаязвездчатая	[details]
Slovenian	velika morska mačka	[details]
Spanish	alitán	[details]
Swedish	storfläckig rödhaj	[details]
Turkish	kedi balığıkedi baligi	[details]
Ukrainian	Акула котяча нянька	[details]
Welsh	morgi brych	[details]