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 Oxynotidae > Genus Oxynotus

Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxynotus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Squalus centrina*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshku derr 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: trekanthaj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: angular rough-shark sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Greek: Oξύνωτος; Οξύνωτος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Lithuanian: paprastasis tribriaunis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: brązosz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: акула-свинья; обыкновенная центрина sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cerdo marino; tiburón cerdo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: trekantshaj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: domuz baligi; domuz balığı

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 (Oxynotus centrina, Italy, by Costa, F.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:105914