WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Scyllium catulus Müller & Henle, 1838

AphiaID

148851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148851)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Scyllium Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816

Original name

Scyllium catulus Müller & Henle, 1838

Environment

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

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scyllium catulus Müller & Henle, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148851 on 2026-08-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-29 13:34:27Z

created

Claus, Simon

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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]

basis of record Gilson, G. (1921). Les poissons d'Ostende [The fishes of Ostend]. Société Anonyme belge d'Imprimerie: Bruxelles, Belgium. 110 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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]

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]