Definition of Scyllium canicula. Meaning of Scyllium canicula. Synonyms of Scyllium canicula

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Definition of Scyllium canicula

Scyllium canicula
Houndfish Hound"fish, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish. Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is S. catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.

Meaning of Scyllium canicula from wikipedia

- lost. In 1817, French zoologist Georges Cuvier described this species as "Scyllium D'Edwards", based on Edwards' account, though he was not considered to...
- Concern. The first scientific description of the Australian swellshark, as Scyllium laticeps, was published in 1853 by French zoologist Auguste Duméril, in...
- Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Its original name was Scyllium marmoratum, from the Latin marmoratus meaning "marbled". Hence, another...
- Cendrero (2005). "Trophic relations of lesser-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) and blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in the Cantabrian Sea". Journal...
- range with the more common and closely related small-spotted catshark (S. canicula), which it resembles in appearance but can be distinguished from, in having...
- the British Museum by J. F. Queckett. He placed the species in the genus Scyllium (a synonym of Scyliorhinus) and gave it the specific epithet natalense...
- has very similar reproductive traits to the small-spotted catshark (S. canicula). The chain catshark is found in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico...
- acutipinna) Spotted houndshark (T. maculata) Sharptooth houndshark (T. megalopterus) Banded houndshark (T. scyllium) Leopard shark (T. semifasciata)...
- from the Latin for "painted". Originally placed in the now-obsolete genus Scyllium, subsequent authors moved this species to the genus Haploblepharus, coined...
- isabellum (Bonnaterre, 1788) Range of the draughtsboard shark Synonyms Scyllium lima Richardson, 1843 Squalus isabella Bonnaterre, 1788 Squalus isabella...