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** [[Greenland sleeper shark]], ''[[Scymnodon squamulosus]]'' <small>([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1877)</small> [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=701&genusname=Scymnodon&speciesname=squamulosus]
** [[Greenland sleeper shark]], ''[[Scymnodon squamulosus]]'' <small>([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1877)</small> [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=701&genusname=Scymnodon&speciesname=squamulosus]
* ''[[Somniosus]]''
* ''[[Somniosus]]''
** [[Sleeper shark]], [[Greenland shark]] or [[Gurry shark]], ''[[Somniosus microcephalus]]'' <small>([[Bloch]] & [[Schneider]], 1801)</small> [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=138&genusname=Somniosus&speciesname=microcephalus]
** [[Pacific sleeper shark]], ''[[Somniosus pacificus]]'' <small>([[Henry Bryant Bigelow|Bigelow]] & [[Schroeder]], 1944)</small>[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=2544&genusname=Somniosus&speciesname=pacificus]
** [[Little sleeper shark]], ''[[Somniosus rostratus]]'' <small>([[Antoine Risso|Risso]], 1827)</small>[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=704&genusname=Somniosus&speciesname=rostratus]
* ''[[Squaliolus]]''
* ''[[Squaliolus]]''
** [[Smalleye pygmy shark]], ''[[Squaliolus aliae]]'' <small>([[Teng]], 1959)</small>[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=27208&genusname=Squaliolus&speciesname=aliae]
** [[Smalleye pygmy shark]], ''[[Squaliolus aliae]]'' <small>([[Teng]], 1959)</small>[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=27208&genusname=Squaliolus&speciesname=aliae]

Revision as of 17:46, 8 September 2006

Squaliformes
Gulper shark, Centrophorus granulosus
Scientific classification
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Squaliformes

Goodrich, 1909
Families

See text.

Template:Sharksportal Squaliformes is an order of sharks that includes the smooth dogfish and spiny dogfish and others, about 80 species in four families.

Members of the order have two dorsal fins, no anal fin, and no nictitating membrane. They have five gill slits.

Classification

Family Echinorhinidae (bramble sharks)

Family Centrophoridae (gulper sharks)

Family Dalatiidae (sleeper sharks)

Family Squalidae (dogfish sharks)

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Squaliformes" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
  • FAO Species catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2