Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Hexanchiformes > Family Hexanchidae > Genus Heptranchias

Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heptranchias*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sharpnose sevengill shark sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Spitzkopf-Siebenkiemerhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Επτακαρχαρίας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): שבע-זים sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: pilkasis septynžiaunis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: siedmioszpar spiczastogłowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: пепельная семижаберная акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: boquidulce; tiburón de siete branquias sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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.

Turkish: boz camgoz; boz camgöz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула семижаберна гостроноса

Literature

basis of record	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: pp. 357-374
additional source	Moore, J. A., M. Vecchione, B.B. Collette, and R. Gibbons. (2002) The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. Paper CM 2002/M:25, ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary, 1-5 October 2002, Copenhagen
additional source	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, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	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.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Heptranchias perlo. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105832