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 melastomus Rafinesque, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

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.

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

Dutch: Spaanse hondshaai (1) sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: blackmouth catshark; black-mouthed dogfish sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;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

French: chien à gueule noire; chien espagnol sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: Fleckhai; Schwarzmaul-Katzenhai sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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

original description	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. Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20.
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	Artedi, A.P. (1793). Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium. Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. Röse: Grypeswaldiae.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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 melastomus, Norway, by Svensen, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810. 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:105812