WoRMS taxon details
Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller & Henle, 1838)
217652 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217652)
accepted
Species
Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838 · unaccepted
Sycliorhinus capense (Müller & Henle, 1838) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> 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.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller & Henle, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217652 on 2025-12-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> 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.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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). (2025). 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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scyliorhinus capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Sycliorhinus capense (Müller & Henle, 1838))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinidae RAD110581 and RAD110582 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinus capensis RAD110582-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scyliorhinus capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Sycliorhinus capense (Müller & Henle, 1838))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Scyllium capense Müller & Henle, 1838)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinidae RAD110581 and RAD110582 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scyliorhinus capensis RAD110582-001)
To ITIS