WoRMS taxon details
Galeus Rafinesque, 1810
AphiaID: 105728
AphiaID: 105728
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Scyliorhinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pristiurus | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source: Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 13 [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Galeus antillensis Springer, 1979 Species Galeus arae (Nichols, 1927) Species Galeus atlanticus (Vaillant, 1888) Species Galeus cadenati Springer, 1966 Species Galeus eastmani (Jordan & Snyder, 1904) Species Galeus gracilis Compagno & Stevens, 1993 Species Galeus longirostris Tachikawa & Taniuchi, 1987 Species Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 Species Galeus mincaronei Soto, 2001 Species Galeus murinus (Collett, 1904) Species Galeus nipponensis Nakaya, 1975 Species Galeus piperatus Springer & Wagner, 1966 Species Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959 Species Galeus priapus Séret & Last, 2008 Species Galeus sauteri (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) Species Galeus schultzi Springer, 1979 Species Galeus springeri Konstantinou & Cozzi, 1998 Species Galeus australis Macleay, 1881 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus boardmani (Whitley, 1928) accepted as Figaro boardmani (Whitley, 1928) Species Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838 accepted as Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Species Galeus chilensis Pérez Canto, 1886 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus communis Owen, 1853 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus japanicus Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Hemitriakis japanica (Müller & Henle, 1839) Species Galeus laevis Risso, 1820 accepted as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus maculatus Ranzani, 1840 accepted as Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Species Galeus melanostomus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 Species Galeus molinae Philippi, 1887 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus nilssoni Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus piceus (Chu, Meng & Liu, 1983) accepted as Parmaturus melanobranchus (Chan, 1966) Species Galeus striatus (Gledhill, Last & White, 2008) accepted as Figaro striatus Gledhill, Last & White, 2008 Species Galeus thalassinus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Galeus vulpecula Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Species Galeus zyopterus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105728 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Galeus Rafinesque, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105728 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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