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Genera in the family or subfamily Scyliorhinidae: [ 11 ] records


Alphascyllium (subgenus of Scyllium) Leigh-Sharpe [W. H.] 1926:322 Neut. Squalus canicula Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation. As a "pseudogenus" of Scyllium. Not available [Art. 1.3.5], used as an artificial category (see Leigh-Sharpe 1928 [ref. 6152]). •In the synonymy of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:355 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:119 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.

Betascyllium (subgenus of Scyllium) Leigh-Sharpe [W. H.] 1926:325 Neut. Squalus catulus Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation. As a "pseudogenus" of Scyllium. Not available [Art. 1.3.5], used as an artificial category (see Leigh-Sharpe 1928 [ref. 6152]). •In the synonymy of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1988:120 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.

Catulus Garman [S.] (ex Valmont) 1913:71 Masc. Not an original description, but included by Jordan 1920:548 [ref. 4905]. Catulus Valmont, published in a rejected work, is available from Smith 1838 (which Garman cites in synonymy). •In the synonymy of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1988:119 [ref. 13488]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.

Catulus Valmont de Bomare [J. C.] 1764:114 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89, Direction 32). •In the synonymy of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Springer 1973:19 [ref. 7162], Springer 1979:123 [ref. 4175], Cappetta 1987:113 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:119 [ref. 13488]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.

Catulus (subgenus of Scyllium) Smith [A.] (ex Willoughby) 1838:85 Masc. Squalus canicula Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched. Type apparently not capense Smith as given by Jordan 1919:190 [ref. 2410] (not an included available species in Smith 1838) and the same applies to Jordan & Evermann 1896:23 [ref. 2443] in listing stellaris as type. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Catulus Kniphof 1759 in insects. •In the synonymy of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Springer 1979:123 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:355 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:119 [ref. 13488]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.

Cephaloscyllium Gill [T. N.] 1862:407, 408 Neut. Scyllium laticeps Duméril 1853. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Gill 1862:412 [ref. 4910]. •Valid as Cephaloscyllium Gill 1862 -- (Nakaya 1975:8 [ref. 7083], Springer 1979:37 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:296 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:4 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:89 [ref. 5635], Compagno 1988:110 [ref. 13488], Paxton et al. 1989:72 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:135 [ref. 22532], Compagno 1999:479 [ref. 25589], Compagno et al. 2005:24 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:85 [ref. 28999], Last et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29683], Last et al. 2008:129 [ref. 29682], Last & White 2008:159 [ref. 29684], White & Ebert 2008:171 [ref. 29685], Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert 2008:3 [ref. 29807], Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert 2008:59 [ref. 29808], White 2008:60 [ref. 30617], Clark & Randall 2011:24 [ref. 31133], Castro 2011:291 [ref. 31457], Shinohara et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31715], Nakaya et al. 2013:101 [ref. 33036], Akhilesh et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33217], Nakaya et al. 2015:86 [ref. 34218], Dyldin 2015:49 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34398], White et al. 2017:100 [ref. 35860], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:10 [ref. 35805], White & Ko'ou 2018:25 [ref. 35922], Fricke et al. 2019:38 [ref. 36673], Ebert et al. 2021:52 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Cephaloscyllium Gill 1862. Scyliorhinidae.

Conoporoderma (subgenus of Poroderma) Fowler [H. W.] 1934:234 Neut. Scyllium pantherinum Müller & Henle 1845. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Poroderma Smith 1838 -- (Springer 1979:112 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:346 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:115 [ref. 13488], Human 2006:3 [ref. 28714]). Current status: Synonym of Poroderma Smith 1838. Scyliorhinidae.

Poroderma (subgenus of Scyllium) Smith [A.] 1838:85 Neut. Squalus africanus Gmelin 1789. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:23 [ref. 2443], also by Fowler 1908:53 [ref. 6847]. •Valid as Poroderma Smith 1838 -- (Springer 1979:112 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:346 [ref. 6846], Bass 1986:94 [ref. 5635], Compagno 1988:115 [ref. 13488], Compagno 1999:480 [ref. 25589], Human 2006:3 [ref. 28714], Fricke et al. 2018:10 [ref. 35805], Ebert et al. 2021:52 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Poroderma Smith 1838. Scyliorhinidae.

Scylia Billberg [G. J.] 1833:50 Neut. Squalus canicula Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. Unnecessary replacement name for Scyllium Cuvier 1816. •Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Kullander 2016:107 [ref. 34147]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.

Scyliorhinus (subgenus of Squalus) Blainville [H. de] 1816:121 Masc. Squalus canicula Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1862:407 [ref. 1783]. Misspelled or unjustifiably emended to Scylliorhinus, Scyliorhynchus, and Scyliorhynus by authors. •Valid as Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Springer 1973:19 [ref. 7162], Nakaya 1975:14 [ref. 7083], Springer 1979:123 [ref. 4175], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:99 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:355 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:4 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:95 [ref. 5635], Cappetta 1987:113 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:119 [ref. 13488], Shirai et al. 1992 [ref. 19241], Compagno 1999:480 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:445 [ref. 26984], Compagno et al. 2005:27 [ref. 29145], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:7 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:292 [ref. 31457], Shinohara et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31715], Parin et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33547], Soares et al. 2015:347 [ref. 33716], Dyldin 2015:50 [ref. 34524], Soares et al. 2016:502 [ref. 34158], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:82 [ref. 34398], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:11 [ref. 35805], Soares & Carvalho 2019:6 [ref. 36701], Soares & Carvalho 2020:379 [ref. 37593], Ebert et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38234], Ito et al. 2022:331 [ref. 38987]). Current status: Valid as Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.

Scyllium Cuvier [G.] 1816:124 Neut. Squalus canicula Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated first by Bory de Saint-Vincent, v. 14, 1828:708 [ref. 3853] (see Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396]). Also independetly described in Müller & Henle 1838:3 [ref. 3069]. Spelled Scylium by Minding 1832:47 [ref. 3022]. •Objective synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Springer 1973:19 [ref. 7162], Springer 1979:123 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:355 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:113 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:119 [ref. 13488], Parin et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33547], Soares & Carvalho 2019:6 [ref. 36701]). Current status: Synonym of Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816. Scyliorhinidae.


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