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 Pentanchidae > Genus Galeus

Galeus atlanticus (Vaillant, 1888)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galeus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Pristiurus*	Bonaparte, 1834	synonym

Species group names

*Pristiurus atlanticus*	Vaillant, 1888	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic sawtail catshark sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Atlantischer Sägeschwanzhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: גלדן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Russian: антильский пилохвост sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: olayo atlántico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула котяча атлантична

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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. Biological Invasions. 11(3): 697-711.
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).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Galeus atlanticus, Portugal, by Andrade Coelho, R.P.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Galeus atlanticus (Vaillant, 1888). 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:105811