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Genera that contain: Galeus [ 11 ] records

Eugaleus Gill [T. N.] 1864:148 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 16 (no. 3); ref. 1697] Masc. Squalus galeus Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Galeus Cuvier 1816, preoccupied by Galeus Rafinesque 1810 in fishes. •Objective synonym of Galeorhinus Blainville 1816 after type restrictions -- (Compagno 1973:27 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:386 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:247 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Galeorhinus Blainville 1816. Triakidae: Galeorhininae.

Figaro (subgenus of Pristiurus) Whitley [G. P.] 1928:238 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 4661] Masc. Pristiurus (Figaro) boardmani Whitley 1928. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Galeus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Nakaya 1975:40 [ref. 7083], Springer 1979:48 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:306 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:111 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:134 [ref. 13488], Konstantinou & Cozzi 1998:157 [ref. 23301]). •Valid as Figaro Whitley 1928 -- (Gledhill et al. 2008:180 [ref. 29686]). Current status: Valid as Figaro Whitley 1928. Pentanchidae.

Galeorhinus (subgenus of Squalus) Blainville [H. de] 1816:121 [Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris v. 8; ref. 306] Masc. Squalus galeus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Gill 1862:402 [ref. 1783] as Galeorhinus galeus Blainville; Squalus canis and S. mustelus also listed as type by authors. •Valid as Galeorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1973:27 [ref. 7163], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:118 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:386 [ref. 6846], Bass et al. 1986:78 [ref. 5638], Cappetta 1987:115 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:80 [ref. 12442], Herman et al. 1988:106 [ref. 13267], Compagno 1988:246 [ref. 13488], Gomon et al. 1994:127 [ref. 22532], Compagno 1999:481 [ref. 25589], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:73 [ref. 25968], Hoese et al. 2006:90 [ref. 28999], White 2008:64 [ref. 30617], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:357 [ref. 31457], Parin et al. 2014:22 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:51 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:85 [ref. 34398], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Ebert et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Galeorhinus Blainville 1816. Triakidae: Galeorhininae.

Galeus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:13 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Masc. Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Fowler 1908:53 [ref. 6847]; Squalus mustelus as used by Jordan & Evermann 1896:29 [ref. 2443] not precise enough for type designation. Also appeared as new (sensu Aristoteles) in Billberg 1833:51 [ref. 34146]; see Kullander 2016:107 [ref. 34147]. •Valid as Galeus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Springer 1973:20 [ref. 7162], Nakaya 1975:40 [ref. 7083], Springer 1979:47 [ref. 4175], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:97 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:306 [ref. 6846], Bass 1986:90 [ref. 5635], Séret 1987:18 [6267], Cappetta 1987:111 [ref. 6348], Tachikawa & Taniuchi 1987 [ref. 6712], Compagno 1988:134 [ref. 13488], Paxton et al. 1989:73 [ref. 12442], Compagno & Stevens 1993:172 [ref. 20843], Compagno 1999:479 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:447 [ref. 26984], Compagno et al. 2005:25 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:86 [ref. 28999], Gledhill et al. 2008:179 [ref. 29686], Séret & Last 2008:19 [ref. 29702], White 2008:62 [ref. 30617], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:7 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:292 [ref. 31457], Parin et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:48 [ref. 34524], Bañón et al. 2016:300 [ref. 34397], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:80 [ref. 34398], White et al. 2016:255 [ref. 34956], White et al. 2017:110 [ref. 35860], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], White & Ko'ou 2018:27 [ref. 35922], Ebert et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38234], Ebert & Jang 2022:45 [ref. 39795]). Current status: Valid as Galeus Rafinesque 1810. Pentanchidae.

Galeus Leach [W. E.] 1818:62 [Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh v. 2 (art. 5); ref. 12565] Masc. Squalus mustelus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Independently described. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Galeus Rafinesque 1810 and Galeus Cuvier 1816. •Synonym of Mustelus Linck 1790 -- (Compagno 1984:397 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:219 [ref. 13488], Heemstra 1997:896 [ref. 22976]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Mustelus Linck 1790. Triakidae: Triakinae.

Galeus Garman [S.] 1913:145 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 36; ref. 1545] Masc. Squalus glaucus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Garman's use of Galeus Valmont de Bomare 1768 (not available, rejected work) creates the genus Galeus Garman 1913. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Galeus Rafinesque 1810 in fishes. •Synonym of Prionace Cantor 1849 -- (Compagno 1984:521 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:346 [ref. 13488]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Prionace Cantor 1849. Carcharhinidae.

Galeus (subgenus of Squalus) Cuvier [G.] 1816:127 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Masc. Squalus galeus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Galeus Rafinesque 1810 in fishes (Scyliorhinidae). •Synonym of Galeorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:386 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:246 [ref. 13488], Gomon et al. 1994:137 [ref. 22532]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Galeorhinus Blainville 1816. Triakidae: Galeorhininae.

Notogaleus Whitley [G. P.] 1931:310 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] Masc. Galeus australis Macleay 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Galeorhinus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:386 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:115 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:247 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Galeorhinus Blainville 1816. Triakidae: Galeorhininae.

Prionurus Otto [A. W.] 1821:5 [Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum; ref. 4987] Masc. Squalus prionurus Otto 1821. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Prionurus Lacepède 1804 in fishes. Above from Fowler, original not seen. •Questionably In the synonymy of Galeus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Cappetta 1987:111 [ref. 6348]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Galeus Rafinesque 1810. Pentanchidae.

Pristidurus Bonaparte [C. L.] 1838:213 [11] [Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna v. 2; ref. 4979] Masc. Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Described as "Nob.", but technically probably is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Pristiurus Bonaparte 1834. Fowler says Agassiz 1838 in fossil fishes is earlier than Bonaparte 1838. •Objective synonym of Galeus Rafinesque 1810. Current status: Synonym of Galeus Rafinesque 1810. Pentanchidae.

Pristiurus (subgenus of Scyllium) Bonaparte [C. L.] 1834:puntata 39 [Iconografia della fauna italica; ref. 517] Masc. Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Appeared first in puntata 39, fasc. 7 under Scyllium canicula and under Scyllium melanostomum. Spelled Pristidurus by Bonaparte 1838:11 [ref. 4979, not investigated]. •Objective synonym of Galeus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Springer 1973:20 [ref. 7162], Nakaya 1975:40 [ref. 7083], Springer 1979:48 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:306 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:111 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:134 [ref. 13488], Parin et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Galeus Rafinesque 1810. Pentanchidae.


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