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

Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scymnodon*		accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: knifetooth dogfish sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Knifetooth Dogfish sources: Charles Hussey

German: Messerzahn-Dornhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: aštriadantis velvetinis dygliaryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Spanish, Castillian: bruja

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	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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864. 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:105918