Centroscymnus owstonii

Familia: Somniosidae
Genus: Centroscymnus
Species: Centroscymnus owstonii

Centroscymnus owstonii

Taxonavigation: Squaliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Squalomorphii Ordo: Squaliformes

Name

Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906

• Holotype (unique): MCZ 1037-S [ex Owston #7693].

Type locality: Sagami Bay, Japan.

Etymology: in honor of Alan Owston (1853–1915), businessman, yachtsman and collector of Asian wildlife, who obtained type. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906

Vernacular names

English: Roughskin Dogfish

References

• Garman, S., 1906: New Plagiostomia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 46 (11): 203–208. Reference page. 
• Weigmann, S., Vaz, D. F. B., White, W. T., Carvalho, M. R. D. & Thiel, R., 2015: Distribution and comments on the morphology of Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae), with focus on its occurrence in the Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, Published online 19 Nov 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-015-0413-x Reference page. 

Links

• Centroscymnus owstonii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Centroscymnus owstonii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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