Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes > Family Somniosidae > Genus Centroscymnus

Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Centroscymnus*	Bocage & Capello, 1864	accepted genus name
*Centroselachus*	Garman, 1913	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Portuguese dogfish; Portuguese shark sources: ITIS database;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Portuguese Dogfish sources: Charles Hussey

German: Portugiesendornhai; Portugiesenhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Portugalinis baltaakis dygliaryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Turkish: portekiz köpekbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула португальська; Португальська акула

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	Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (35 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864. 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:105907