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 Somniosus

Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Somniosus*	Lesueur, 1818	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English-United States: Little Sleeper Shark sources: english PESI focal point

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

Greek: Λαίμαργος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): ישנן חידקני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Акула полярна носата

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	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	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827). 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:105920