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 atlanticus (Vaillant, 1888)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galeus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English-United States: Atlantic Sawtail Catshark sources: english PESI focal point

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

Israel (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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
GenBank (17 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Galeus atlanticus. 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:105811