Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. pp. 105, 20 fold. Pl.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Elasmobranchii: order
Carcharhiniformes: family
Scyliorhinidae: genus
Galeus: species
Galeus melastomus

Name

Synonyms: Galeus melanostomus Rafinesque, 1810; Pristiurus melanostomus Lowe, 1843; Pristiurus melastomus (Rafinesque, 1810); Pristiurus souverbiei LaFont, 1868; Scyllium artedii Risso, 1820; Scyllium melanostomum Bonaparte, 1834; Squalus annulatus Nilsson, 1832; Squalus delarochianus Blainville, 1816; Squalus prionurus Otto, 1821
Homonyms: Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810
Common names: Bardoulin in French; Bardoulina in Spanish; Bastina in Spanish; Bicot in French; Black-mouthed dogfish in English; Blackmouth catshark in English; Blackmouth catshark, Black-mouthed Dogfish in English; Blackmouthed dogfish in English; Bocanegra in Spanish; Boccanera in Italian; C'hi bastard in French; Camperlina in Maltese; Chien espagnol in French; Chien espagnol in French; Colaina in Spanish; Colayo in Spanish; Fleckhai in German; Fleckhai in German; Fleckhai in German; Fleckhai in German; Gata in Spanish; Gata moixa in Spanish; Gattarell in Maltese; Gattarell halqu iswed in Maltese; Gazapa in Spanish; Golayo in Spanish; Hondshaai in Dutch; Hågjel in Norwegian; Hågäl in Swedish; Katzenhai in German; Kolayo in Spanish; Lambardà in French; Leitao in Portuguese; Leitão in Portuguese; Lekeli-kedi in Turkish; Macka crnousta in Serbian; Macka padecka in Serbian; Mocina in Spanish; Morgwn Cegddu in Welsh; Muxina in Spanish; Olayo in Spanish; Pata roxa in Portuguese; Peshkagen gojeziu in Albanian; Peshkaqen gojeziu in Albanian; Pilogon in Polish; Pimpirína in French; Pimpiñúa in Spanish; Pinta-rotja in Spanish; Pintarroja bocanegra in Spanish; Pristiure à bouche noire in French

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