Scyliorhinidae

Scyliorhinus canicula

Taxonavigation

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 Superordo: Selachimorpha Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Scyliorhinidae

Subfamilae: Cephaloscylliinae - Schroederichthyinae - Scyliorhininae 

Genera: Apristurus – Asymbolus – Atelomycterus – Aulohalaelurus – Bythaelurus – †Cadiera – Cephaloscyllium – Cephalurus – Galeus – Halaelurus – Haploblepharus – Holohalaelurus – Parmaturus – Pentanchus – Poroderma – †Prohaploblepharus – Schroederichthys – †Scyliorhinotheca – Scyliorhinus – †Sigmoscyllium – †Thiesus

Name

Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862

• Type genus: Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816

Synonyms

• Scylliorhinoidae Gill, 1862

References

• Gill, T. N. 1862. Analytical synopsis of the order of Squali; and revision of the nomenclature of the genera. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 7 (32): 367*-370*, 371-408. [Pp. 367-370 duplicated in preceding article. Read 16 Dec. 1861, probably published early 1862. Genera date to this article, also treated on pp.409-413. Both articles combined as separate, pp. 1-47p] From Catalog of FishesDOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1862.tb00166.x Reference page. 
• Gordon, C.A., Hood, A.R. & Ellis, J.R. 2016. Descriptions and revised key to the eggcases of the skates (Rajiformes: Rajidae) and catsharks (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) of the British Isles. Zootaxa 4150(3): 255–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.3.2. Reference page. 
• Soares, K.D.A., Carvalho, M.R.de 2020. Phylogenetic relationship of catshark species of the genus Scyliorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) based on comparative morphology. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96(2): 345-395. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.52420 Reference page. 

Links

• Genera of Scyliorhinidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Scyliorhinidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.

Vernacular names

English: Catshark
français: Roussette
Nederlands: Hondshaaien en kathaaien
polski: rekinkowate
中文: 猫鲨科

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