Somniosidae
Encyclopedia
Somniosidae is a family of shark
s in the order Squaliformes
, commonly known as sleeper sharks.
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
s in the order Squaliformes
Squaliformes
Squaliformes is an order of sharks that includes about 97 species in seven families.Members of the order have two dorsal fins, which usually possess spines, no anal fin or nictitating membrane, and five gill slits. In most other respects, however, they are quite variable in form and size...
, commonly known as sleeper sharks.
Genera
- CentroscymnusCentroscymnusCentroscymnus is a genus of squaliform sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Centroscymnus coelolepis...
Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
& Brito Capello, 1864- Centroscymnus coelolepis (Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
& Brito Capello, 1864) (Portuguese dogfish) - Centroscymnus cryptacanthus (ReganC. Tate ReganCharles Tate Regan was a British ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century. He did extensive work on fish classification schemes....
, 1906) (Shortnose velvet dogfish) - Centroscymnus owstoni (Garman, 1906) (Roughskin dogfish)
- Centroscymnus coelolepis (Barbosa du Bocage
- Centroselachus Garman, 1913
- Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
& Brito Capello, 1864) (Longnose velvet dogfish)
- Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage
- ProscymnodonProscymnodonProscymnodon is a genus of fish in the Somniosidae family.It contains the following species:* Proscymnodon macracanthus * Proscymnodon plunketi...
FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1934- Proscymnodon macracanthus (ReganC. Tate ReganCharles Tate Regan was a British ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century. He did extensive work on fish classification schemes....
, 1906) (Largespine velvet dogfish) - Proscymnodon plunketi (WaiteEdgar Ravenswood WaiteEdgar Ravenswood Waite was a British/Australian ichthyologist, ornithologist and zoologist.Waite was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the second son of John Waite, a bank clerk,...
, 1910) (Plunket shark)
- Proscymnodon macracanthus (Regan
- ScymnodalatiasScymnodalatiasScymnodalatias is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 * Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988...
Garrick, 1956- Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 (Whitetail dogfish)
- Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988 (Azores dogfish)
- Scymnodalatias oligodon Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988 (Sparsetooth dogfish)
- Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (ArcheyGilbert Edward ArcheySir Gilbert Edward Archey, C.B.E. was a zoologist, ethnologist, World War I officer, and museum director from New Zealand. He wrote one of the major works on moas, based on his own field work and collection...
, 1921) (Sherwood dogfish)
- ScymnodonScymnodonScymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:** Scymnodon obscurus ** Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864...
Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
& Brito Capello, 1864- Scymnodon obscurus (Vaillant, 1888) (Smallmouth knifetooth dogfish)
- Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
& Brito Capello, 1864 (Knifetooth dogfish)
- SomniosusSomniosusSomniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944...
LesueurCharles Alexandre LesueurCharles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.Pictured here is the oil portrait by Charles Willson Peale of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur...
, 1818- Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939 (Southern sleeper shark)
- Somniosus microcephalus (BlochMarcus Elieser BlochMarcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
& J. G. SchneiderJohann Gottlob SchneiderJohann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...
, 1801) (Greenland shark) - Somniosus pacificus BigelowHenry Bryant BigelowHenry Bryant Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist.After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he began working with famed ichthyologist Alexander Agassiz. Bigelow accompanied Agassiz on several major marine science expeditions including one aboard the Albatross in 1907...
& SchroederWilliam Charles SchroederWilliam Charles Schroeder was an American ichthyologist. He was born on Staten Island, New York. He, along with his lifelong colleague Henry Bryant Bigelow, made substantial contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the western North Atlantic...
, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark) - Somniosus longus (Tanaka, 1912) (Frog shark)
- Somniosus rostratus (RissoAntoine RissoGiuseppe Antonio Risso , called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.Risso was born in Nice, County of Nice, a part of the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published , and . Risso's dolphin was named after him...
, 1827) (Little sleeper shark)
- ZameusZameusZameus is a genus of dogfish shark in the family Somniosidae, containing two species.-Species:* Zameus ichiharai * Zameus squamulosus...
D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1903- Zameus ichiharai (Yano & S. Tanaka (II), 1984) (Japanese velvet dogfish)
- Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877) (Velvet dogfish)