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Squatina Duméril, 1805

1380281 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1380281)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Chondrichthyes (Class)
  6. Squatiniformes (Order)
  7. Squatinidae (Family)
  8. Squatina (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Squatinidae Blainville, 1816
Rhina Schaeffer, 1760 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhina Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Rhina Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhina Gill, 1862 (ex Klein) · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhina Klein, 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squatina Risso, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829
  2. Species Squatina africana Regan, 1908
  3. Species Squatina albipunctata Last & White, 2008
  4. Species Squatina alifera
  5. Species Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930)
  6. Species Squatina armata (Philippi, 1887)
  7. Species Squatina australis Regan, 1906
  8. Species Squatina caillieti Walsh, Ebert & Compagno, 2011
  9. Species Squatina californica Ayres, 1859
  10. Species Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818
  11. Species Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972
  12. Species Squatina gippslandicus Chapman & Stephens
  13. Species Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936
  14. Species Squatina heteroptera Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa Pérez & Campos, 2007
  15. Species Squatina japonica Bleeker, 1858
  16. Species Squatina legnota Last & White, 2008
  17. Species Squatina lerichei Hinkley & Emery
  18. Species Squatina mexicana Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa Pérez & Campos, 2007
  19. Species Squatina nebulosa Regan, 1906
  20. Species Squatina occulta Vooren & da Silva, 1992
  21. Species Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840
  22. Species Squatina pseudocellata Last & White, 2008
  23. Species Squatina punctata Marini, 1936
  24. Species Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  25. Species Squatina tergocellata McCulloch, 1914
  26. Species Squatina tergocellatoides Chen, 1963
  27. Species Squatina ancyclostoma (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  28. Species Squatina angelus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  29. Species Squatina angelus Blainville, 1825 accepted as Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  30. Species Squatina europaea Swainson, 1839 accepted as Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  31. Species Squatina fimbriata Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829
  32. Species Squatina laevis Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  33. Species Squatina lewis Couch, 1825 accepted as Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  34. Species Squatina vulgaris Risso, 1810 accepted as Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh
recent + fossil
Anal. Zool. (Froriep)
page(s): 103 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Dumeril, 1806. Appeared without Latinized species. Genus name misspelled Sqatina by Cuvier...  
Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Dumeril, 1806. Appeared without Latinized species. Genus name misspelled Sqatina by Cuvier 1831. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2025). Squatina Duméril, 1805. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380281 on 2026-09-18
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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2016-11-22 08:30:58Z
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original description Anal. Zool. (Froriep)
page(s): 103 [details] 

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Rhina Walbaum, 1792) Artedi, Ichth., (3) ed. 2
page(s): 580 [details] 

original description (of Squalraia De la Pylaie, 1835) De la Pylaie, A. J. M,. (1835). Recherches, en France, sur les poissons de l'Océan, pendant les années 1832 et 1833. Congrès Scientifique de France, v. 2 (Sept. 1834) (art. 5): 524–534. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org//page/25108169
page(s): 526 [details] 

original description (of Rhina Schaeffer, 1760) Epist. Stud. Ichthyol.
page(s): 20 [details] 

original description (of Rhina Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia : con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi. Sanfilippo. Palermo. 105 p., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.104418
page(s): 14 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Dumeril, 1806. Appeared without Latinized species. Genus name misspelled Sqatina by Cuvier 1831. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Squalus squatina Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To WoRMS (from synonym Squalraia De la Pylaie, 1835)
To WoRMS (from synonym Rhina Rafinesque, 1810)
To WoRMS (from synonym Rhina Schaeffer, 1760)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Rhina Gill, 1862 (ex Klein))
To WoRMS (from synonym Squatina Risso, 1810)
To WoRMS (from synonym Rhina Klein, 1776)
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