Scyliorhinus
| Scyliorhinus Temporal range: 104–0 Ma[1] Late Albian to Present | |
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| Scyliorhinus stellaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Squalus canicula Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Scylorhinus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. They are also known as "catshark". This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period, late Albian age to the Pliocene epoch.[2][3]
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
- Scyliorhinus boa Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Boa catshark)
- Scyliorhinus cabofriensis K. D. A. Soares, U. L. Gomes & M. R. de Carvalho, 2016 [4]
- Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lesser-spotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus capensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (Yellow-spotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus cervigoni Maurin & M. Bonnet, 1970 (West African catshark)
- Scyliorhinus comoroensis L. J. V. Compagno, 1988 (Comoro catshark)
- Scyliorhinus garmani (Fowler, 1934) (Brown-spotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus haeckelii (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) (Freckled catshark) [4]
- Scyliorhinus hesperius S. Springer, 1966 (White-saddled catshark)
- Scyliorhinus meadi S. Springer, 1966 (Blotched catshark)
- Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881) (Chain catshark)
- Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Nursehound)
- Scyliorhinus tokubee Shirai, S. Hagiwara & Nakaya, 1992 (Izu catshark)
- Scyliorhinus torazame (S. Tanaka (I), 1908) (Cloudy catshark)
- Scyliorhinus torrei Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Dwarf catshark)
- Scyliorhinus ugoi K. D. A. Soares, Gadig & U. L. Gomes, 2015 (Dark freckled catshark) [5]
Extinct Species
Fossil of Scyliorhinus elongatus from Cretaceous of Lebanon
- †Scyliorhinus ambliatlanticus Lautiro Mora, 1999
- †Scyliorhinus angustus (Münster, 1843)
- †Scyliorhinus antiquus (Agassiz, 1843)
- †Scyliorhinus arambourgi Cappetta, 1980
- †Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis Cappetta & Case, 1999
- †Scyliorhinus biddlei Halter, 1995
- †Scyliorhinus biformis Reinecke, 2014
- †Scyliorhinus bloti Cappetta, 1980
- †Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis Underwood & Ward, 2008
- †Scyliorhinus cepaeformis Halter, 1990
- †Scyliorhinus coupatezi Herman, 1974
- †Scyliorhinus dubius (Woodward, 1889)
- †Scyliorhinus elongatus (Davis, 1887)
- †Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus fossilis (Leriche, 1927)
- †Scyliorhinus ivagrantae Case & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta, 1970
- †Scyliorhinus kannenbergi Leder, 2015
- †Scyliorhinus kasenoi Karasawa, 1989
- †Scyliorhinus luypaertsi Halter, 1995
- †Scyliorhinus malembeensis Dartevelle & Casier, 1959
- †Scyliorhinus monsaugustus Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013
- †Scyliorhinus moosi Herman, 1975
- †Scyliorhinus muelleri Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013
- †Scyliorhinus musteliformis Herman, 1977
- †Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus reyndersi Halter, 1995
- †Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis Reinecke, 2014
- †Scyliorhinus sulcidens Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
- †Scyliorhinus taylorensis Cappetta & Case, 1999
- †Scyliorhinus tensleepensis Case, 1987
- †Scyliorhinus trifolius Adnet, 2006
- †Scyliorhinus wardi Halter, 1990
- †Scyliorhinus woodwardi Cappetta, 1976
References
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- ↑ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560.
- ↑ Fossilworks: Scyliorhinus at Paleobiology Database.
- ↑ Carrier, J.C., Musick, J.A. & Heithaus, M.R. (2004): Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives.
- 1 2 Soares, K.D.A., Gomes, U.L. & De Carvalho, M.R. (2016): Taxonomic review of catsharks of the Scyliorhinus haeckelii group, with the description of a new species (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Zootaxa, 4066 (5): 501-534.
- ↑ Soares, K.D.A., Gadig, O.B.F. & Gomes, U.L. (2015). "Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Zootaxa, 3937 (2): 347–361.
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