MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810

WoRMS taxon details

Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810

To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Hexanchus tooth)

AphiaID

105739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105739)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Squalus griseus Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Parent

Hexanchidae Gray, 1851

Synonymised names

Monopterhinus de Blainville, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)

Monopterinus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Notidanus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted

Direct children (5)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962
Species Hexanchus corinum Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 accepted as Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Hexanchus corinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 accepted as Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 accepted as Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962 (unaccepted > interim unpublished)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105739 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

Nomenclature

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 14 [details]