Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes > Family Somniosidae > Genus Scymnodon

Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scymnodon*	Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: knifetooth dogfish sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Messerzahn-Dornhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Russian: острозубая колючая акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: bruja

Literature

original description	Barbosa du Bocage, J. V. and F. de Brito Capello. (1864). Sur quelques espèces inédites de Squalidae de la tribu Acanthiana, Gray, qui fréquentent les côtes du Portugal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864. (2): 260-263.
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	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.
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 (Scymnodon ringens, by Serrano, A.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864. 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:105918