WoRMS taxon details
Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881)
158516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158516)
accepted
Species
Scyliorhinus retifer retifer (Garman, 1881) · unaccepted
Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Scyliorhinus retifer besnardi Springer & Sadowsky, 1970 accepted as Scyliorhinus besnardi Springer & Sadowsky, 1970
- Subspecies Scyliorhinus retifer boa Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Scyliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896
- Subspecies Scyliorhinus retifer haeckelii (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907) accepted as Scyliorhinus haeckelii (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907)
- Subspecies Scyliorhinus retifer meadi Springer, 1966 accepted as Scyliorhinus meadi Springer, 1966
- Subspecies Scyliorhinus retifer retifer (Garman, 1881) accepted as Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881) Garman, S. (1881). Report on the selachians. Reports on the results of dredging, ... along the Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XII. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 8 (11): 231-237. [details]
Distribution Georges Bank slope water and Cape Cod south through the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Georges Bank slope water and Cape Cod south through the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158516 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881) Garman, S. (1881). Report on the selachians. Reports on the results of dredging, ... along the Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XII. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 8 (11): 231-237. [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Georges Bank slope water and Cape Cod south through the Gulf of Mexico [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on rough rocky bottoms. [details]
Reproduction Oviparous [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus retifer retifer (Garman, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scyliorhinus retifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus retifer retifer (Garman, 1881))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881)
To FishBase images (Scyliorhinus retifer, by Murch, A.)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinus retifer RAD110657-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scyliorhinus retifer retifer (Garman, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scyliorhinus retifer)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyliorhinus retifer retifer (Garman, 1881))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881)
To FishBase images (Scyliorhinus retifer, by Murch, A.)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium retiferum Garman, 1881)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinus retifer RAD110657-001)
To ITIS
