Halaelurus quagga

Halaelurus quagga

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes 

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: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Halaelurus
Species: Halaelurus quagga

Name edit

Halaelurus quagga Alcock, 1899: 17

Holotype: ZSI F751/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968: 95.

Type locality: Laccadive Sea, off Malabar coast, 8°23'N, 76°28'E, Investigator station 258, depth l02 fathoms.

References edit

  • Alcock, A.W. 1899: A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea fishes in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea fishes collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship "Investigator." Calcutta: i-iii + 1-211 + i-viii.
  • Akhilesh, K.V., K.K. Bineesh, C.P.R. Shanis, B.A. Human & U. Ganga 2011: Rediscovery and description of the quagga shark, Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the southwest coast of India, Zootaxa, 2781: 40–48. Preview

Vernacular names edit

English: Quagga Catshark