Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Scyliorhinidae > Genus Scyliorhinus

Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ScyliorhinusBlainville, 1816accepted genus name
Scylliorhinus Blainville, 1816 synonym
Scyllium Cuvier, 1816 synonym

Species group names

Squalus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: daci i detit 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.
 Breton: bleiz mor; farlot; kribin; marc'ha dour; touill bras sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication
 Catalan: gatvaire sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.
 Danish: storplettet rødhaj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: kathaai sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: greater spotted dogfish; nursehound 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;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.
 French: grande roussette sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.
 German: grossgefleckter Katzenhai sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.
 Greek: Γατοψαράκι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: žvaigždėtasis katryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: storflekket rødhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: storflekka raudhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: rekinek plamisty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: звездчатая; или крупнопятнистая; кошачья акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: velika morska mačka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: alitán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: storfläckig rödhaj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kedi baligi; kedi balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Акула котяча нянька sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: morgi brych

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

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

additional source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

ecology source

Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

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External Links

FishBase
Marine Life Information Network - UK
FishBase images (Scyliorhinus stellaris, by Océanopolis)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105815

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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