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Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Hexanchiformes
family
Hexanchidae
genus
Heptranchias
species
Heptranchias perlo

Name

Synonyms
Heptranchias angio Costa, 1857
Heptranchias cinereus (Gmelin, 1789)
Heptranchias dakini Whitley, 1931
Heptranchias deani Jordan & Starks, 1901
Heptranchus perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Heptrancus angio Costa, 1857
Heptrianchias cinereus (Gmelin, 1789)
Heptrianchias deani Jordan & Starks, 1901
Notidanus cinereus (Gmelin, 1789)
Notidanus cinereus aetatis Bellotti, 1878
Notidanus cinereus pristiurus Bellotti, 1878
Squalus cinereus Gmelin, 1789
Squalus perlo Bonnaterre, 1788
Homonyms
Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Common names
Angiolo in Italian
Aschfarbener siebenspalthai in German
Boca dolça in Spanish
Bocadul in Spanish
Bocadulce in Spanish
Bocadû in Spanish
Boquidulce in Spanish
Cagna in Italian
Cañabota in Spanish
Cañabota bocadulce in Spanish
Cañabota ojidulce in Spanish
Edoaburazame in Japanese
Eptranchio in Italian
Hegyesorrú hétkopoltyús tehéncápa in Hungarian
Kalb in Arabic
Kammzähner in German
Kapeapäähai in Finnish
Monge gris in French
Morruna in Maltese
Mounge in French
Murrana ta' Seba Gargi in Maltese
Murruna in Maltese
Murruna in Italian
Murruna Ta' Seba Gargi in Maltese
Murruna ta' seba' gargi in Maltese
Narrowhead Seven-gill Shark in English
One-finned Shark in English
Pas glavonja in Serbian
Pas volohja in Serbian
Peix xovato in Spanish
Perlon in French
Perlon in German
Perlon Shark in English
Pesciu angiu in French
Pesciu boiu in French
Pesciu mansu in French
Peshkagen me dhembe in Albanian
Peshkaqen me dhembe in Albanian
Requin perlon in French
Requin perlon in French
Requin-griset in French
Seven-gill shark in English
Seven-gilled Mediterranean shark in English
Sevengill Cow Shark in English
Sharpnose seven-gill shark in English
Sharpnose sevengill shark in English
Sharpnose sevengill shark, Seven-gill Shark in English
Sharpsnout Seven-gill Shark in English
Sharpsnout Sevengill Shark in English
Sharpsnouted Sevengill in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  3. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. Fowler 1941, Compagno 1984a, Espinosa et al. 2004, Weigmann 2016.
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  7. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  8. 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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  9. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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  11. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  12. Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em>
  13. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  14. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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