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    Species Accepted

    Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

    Greenland shark

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      41 results
      Akula Poliarnaia Russian
      Eishai German
      Greenland shark English
      Groenlandse haai Dutch
      Grönland köpek balığı Turkish
      Grönlandhai German
      Grønlandshaj Danish
      Haakjaringen Swedish
      Haaskjardingen Swedish
      Morgwn yr Ynys Las Welsh

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      16 results
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      Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France, 307 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9269
      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: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
      Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco., Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=81
      Nelson, J. S., Crossman, E. J., Espinosa-Pérez, H., Findley, L. T., Gilbert, C. R., Lea, R. N., & Williams, J. D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom, pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=168273
      Nozères, C., Archambault, D., Chouinard, P., Gauthier, J., Miller, R., Parent, E., Schwab, P., Savard, L., & Dutil, J. (2010). Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 2866: 243. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145051
      Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15–01–2013]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=165516
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
      Scoresby, W. (1820). An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the northern Whale-Fishery, vol. 1 + 2. Hurst, Edinburgh, 1:p. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=112917
      Gilson, G. (1921). Les poissons d'Ostende [The fishes of Ostend]. Société Anonyme belge d'Imprimerie: Bruxelles, Belgium. 110 pp.

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