MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810

WoRMS taxon details

Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810

AphiaID

105774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105774)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Dalatias sparophagus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Parent

Dalatiidae Gray, 1851

Synonymised names

Dalatiinae · unaccepted

Pseudoscymnus Herre, 1935 · unaccepted

Scymnorhinus Bonaparte, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)

Scymnus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted

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Species Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Dalatias lica (Bonnaterre, 1788) accepted as Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling)
Species Dalatias lichia (Bonnaterre, 1788) accepted as Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling)
Species Dalatias nocturnus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Dalatias sparophagus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Dalatias tachiensis Shen & Ting, 1972 accepted as Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Environment

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

Original description

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 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105774 on 2025-03-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2013-03-11 11:05:30Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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 [details]

original description (of Scymnorhinus Bonaparte, 1846) Bonaparte, C.L. (1846). Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli. Part 2: 1-95. [details]

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

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): 10 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]