Genus Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

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External Links

• Somniosus Lesueur, C.A. 1818. Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(2): 222-235 fig. 9-10 [222].

  Type species:

   Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818 by monotypy.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

DALATIIDAE: Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 — Yano, K., Stevens, J.D. & Compagno, L.V.J. 2004. A review of the systematics of the sleeper shark genus Somniosus with redescriptions of Somniosus (Somniosus) antarcticus and Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) longus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae). Ichthyological Research 51: 360-373 [369] (restricted to the north Pacific)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

General References

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	ELASMOBRANCHII	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
16-Apr-2012		12-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
		05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED