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Scyliorhinus  Blainville, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160053

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Catulus Smith, 1838
  
    Scyllium Cuvier, 1816
  
  Common Name(s): spotted cat sharks [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2003    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassChondrichthyes  -- cartilaginous fishes, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, poissons cartilagineux, raies, rays, requins, sharks, tubarăo  
             SubclassElasmobranchii  -- cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                SuperorderEuselachii   
                   OrderCarcharhiniformes  -- ground sharks  
                      FamilyScyliorhinidae Gill, 1862 -- cat sharks, catsharks, pejegatos, roussettes  
                         GenusScyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 -- spotted cat sharks  
    Direct Children:  
                            Species Scyliorhinus besnardi Springer and Sadowsky, 1970 -- polkadot catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus boa Goode and Bean, 1896 -- boa cat shark, boa catshark, gatica 
                            Species Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) -- small-spotted catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller and Henle, 1838) -- yellowspotted catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus cervigoni Maurin and Bonnet, 1970 -- west african catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus garmani (Fowler, 1934) -- brownspotted catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus haeckelii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) -- freckled cat shark, freckled catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus hesperius Springer, 1966 -- white-saddled cat shark, whitesaddled catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus meadi Springer, 1966 -- blotched cat shark, blotched catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881) -- alitán mallero, chain catshark, chain dogfish 
                            Species Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) -- nursehound 
                            Species Scyliorhinus torazame (Tanaka, 1908) -- cloudy catshark 
                            Species Scyliorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1936 -- dwarf cat shark, dwarf catshark, gatica prieta 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Scyliorhinus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scyliorhinus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V.  
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 2   
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  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
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  Reference for: Scyliorhinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes   
  Page(s): xxii + 486   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-08453-X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scyliorhinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scyliorhinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scyliorhinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Scyliorhinus   
       

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