WoRMS taxon details
Cephaloscyllium isabella (Bonnaterre, 1788)
298238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:298238)
accepted
Species
Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788) · unaccepted
Cephaloscyllium sabella (Bonnaterre, 1788) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scyllium lima Richardson, 1843 · unaccepted
Scyllium sabella (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
Squalus isabella Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Squalus isabella Bonnaterre,...)
of Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cephaloscyllium isabella (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298238 on 2026-06-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scyllium lima Richardson, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Squalus isabella Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium lima Richardson, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus isabella Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium sabella (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloscyllium sabella (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium isabellum RAD110286-001) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium isabellum USNM 176801 radiograph) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scyllium lima Richardson, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Squalus isabella Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium lima Richardson, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus isabella Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium sabella (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloscyllium sabella (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium isabellum RAD110286-001) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephaloscyllium isabellum USNM 176801 radiograph) (from synonym Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788))
