Squalus bahiensis

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

Familia: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species: Squalus bahiensis

Name

Squalus bahiensis Viana et al., 2016

• Holotype: MNRJ 30180.
• Paratypes: (2) MNRJ 30178, 30179.

Type locality: Bahia coast, Brazil, 1548'30S, 3835'16W, 599 m depth.

Etymology: The epithet is in reference to the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, from where this species is described.

Synonyms

• Squalus fernandinus (not Molina): Fowler, 1936: 71
• Squalus cubensis (not Howell-Rivero): Kondyurin & Myagkov, 1984
• Squalus blainvillei (not Risso): ?Lucena & Lucena, 1981: 2, 4, 5, fig. 3
• Squalus mitsukurii (not Jordan & Snyder): Calderón, 1994: fig. 5B

References

• Viana, S.T.d.F., Carvalho, M.R.d. & Gomes, U.L. 2016. Taxonomy and morphology of species of the genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Squalidae). Zootaxa 4133(1): 1–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4133.1.1. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Northeastern Brazilian dogfish
português: Cação-bagre-da-Bahia