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 murinus (Collett, 1904)

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 murinus*	Collett, 1904	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Maus-Katzenhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Акула котяча мишача

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).
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
FishBase images (Galeus murinus, Azores Is., by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Galeus murinus (Collett, 1904). 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:105813