Squalus lobularis

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 lobularis

Name

Squalus lobularis Viana et al., 2016

• Holotype: HUMZ 91806.
• Paratypes: (9) HUMZ 30026, 30032, 91801, 91804, 91807; UERJ 1661, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Type locality: off Patagonia, Argentina, 3930’S, 5828’W .

Etymology: From the Latin lobus, in reference to its diagnostic broad and lobe-like dorsal and pectoral fins.

Synonyms

• Squalus cubensis (not Howell-Rivero): Figueiredo, 1977: 8, fig. 7
• Squalus mitsukurii (not Jordan & Snyder): Calderón, 1994

Vernacular names

English: Atlantic lobefin dogfish
português: Cação-bagre-de-nadadeiras-lobadas

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.