WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Sphyrna blochii (Cuvier, 1816)

AphiaID

298504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:298504)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Eusphyra blochii (Cuvier, 1816)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Zygaena blochii Cuvier, 1816

Environment

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

Original description

(of Zygaena blochii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphyrna blochii (Cuvier, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298504 on 2026-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Zygaena blochii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [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]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors