Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Scyliorhinidae > Genus Galeus

Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galeus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gojëziu; macja gojëzezë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): hågjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: Ringhaj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: black-mouthed dogfish sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Black-mouthed Dogfish sources: Charles Hussey

French: chien à gueule noire; chien espagnol sources: Louisy P., 2002 - Guide d'identification des poissons marins - Europe et Méditerranée, Ulmer ed, 430 p;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

German: Fleckhai; Schwarzmaul-Katzenhai sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Μελανόσκυλος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): גלדן שחור-פה; גלדן שחר פה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: boccanegra sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Lithuanian: juodažiotis pjūklauodegis katryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: hågjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hågjel

Norwegian Nynorsk: hågjel

Nynorsk (Norwegian): hågjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: piłogon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: акула кошачья пятнистая sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: črnousta morska mačka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: bocanegra; olayo; pintarroja bocanegra sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: hågäl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: lekeli kedi baligi; lekeli kedibaligi; lekeli kedibalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула котяча чорнорота; чорнорота котяча акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morgi cegddu

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp.
additional source	Röse, A.F. (1793). Petri Artedi Angermannia--Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium;... Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. Grypeswaldiae. Pp i-ii + 1-140.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (57 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
Barcode of Life (38 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105812