| Scyliorhinus Temporal range: 104–0 Ma[1] Late Albian to Present | |
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| File:Scyliorhinus canicula.jpg | |
| Small-spotted catshark (S. canicula) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Squalus canicula Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Scylorhinus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae.
Species[]
A fossil of the extinct species Scyliorhinus elongatus (AMNH 13983)
- Scyliorhinus besnardi S. Springer & Sadowsky, 1970 (Polkadot catshark)
- Scyliorhinus boa Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Boa catshark)
- Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Small-spotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus capensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (Yellowspotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus cervigoni Maurin & Bonnet, 1970 (West African catshark)
- Scyliorhinus comoroensis Compagno, 1988 (Comoro catshark)
- Scyliorhinus garmani (Fowler, 1934) (Brownspotted catshark)
- Scyliorhinus haeckelii (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) (Freckled catshark)
- Scyliorhinus hesperius S. Springer, 1966 (White-saddled catshark)
- Scyliorhinus meadi S. Springer, 1966 (Blotched catshark)
- Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881) (Chain catshark)
- Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Nursehound)
- Scyliorhinus tokubee Shirai, Hagiwara & Nakaya, 1992 (Izu catshark)
- Scyliorhinus torazame (S. Tanaka (I), 1908) (Cloudy catshark)
- Scyliorhinus torrei Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Dwarf catshark)
- Scyliorhinus sp. X (Oakley's Catshark)
See also[]
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Scyliorhinus in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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