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

GaleusRafinesque, 1810accepted 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

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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