Scyliorhinus

Scyliorhinus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period, late Albian age to the Pliocene epoch.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

• Scyliorhinus boa <small>Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896</small> (boa catshark)
• Scyliorhinus cabofriensis <small>K. D. A. Soares, U. L. Gomes & M. R. de Carvalho, 2016</small>
• Scyliorhinus canicula <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (small-spotted catshark)
• Scyliorhinus capensis <small>(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838)</small> (yellowspotted catshark)
• Scyliorhinus cervigoni <small>Maurin & M. Bonnet, 1970</small> (West African catshark)
• Scyliorhinus comoroensis <small>L. J. V. Compagno, 1988</small> (Comoro catshark)
• Scyliorhinus garmani <small>(Fowler, 1934)</small> (brownspotted catshark)
• Scyliorhinus hachijoensis <small>(Ito, Fujii, Nohara & Tanaka, 2022)</small> (cinder cloudy catshark)
• Scyliorhinus haeckelii <small>(A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907)</small> (freckled catshark)
• Scyliorhinus hesperius <small>S. Springer, 1966</small> (whitesaddled catshark)
• Scyliorhinus meadi <small>S. Springer, 1966</small> (blotched catshark)
• Scyliorhinus retifer <small>(Garman, 1881)</small> (chain catshark)
• Scyliorhinus stellaris <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (nursehound)
• Scyliorhinus tokubee <small>Shirai, S. Hagiwara & Nakaya, 1992</small> (Izu catshark)
• Scyliorhinus torazame <small>(S. Tanaka (I), 1908)</small> (cloudy catshark)
• Scyliorhinus torrei <small>Howell-Rivero, 1936</small> (dwarf catshark)
• Scyliorhinus ugoi <small>K. D. A. Soares, Gadig & U. L. Gomes, 2015</small> (dark freckled catshark)

Extinct species

• †Scyliorhinus ambliatlanticus <small>Lautiro Mora, 1999</small>
• †Scyliorhinus angustus <small>(Münster, 1843)</small>
• †Scyliorhinus antiquus <small>(Agassiz, 1843)</small>
• †Scyliorhinus arambourgi <small>Cappetta, 1980</small>
• †Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis <small>Cappetta & Case, 1999</small>
• †Scyliorhinus biddlei <small>Halter, 1995</small>
• †Scyliorhinus biformis <small>Reinecke, 2014</small>
• †Scyliorhinus bloti <small>Cappetta, 1980</small>
• †Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis <small>Underwood & Ward, 2008</small>
• †Scyliorhinus cepaeformis <small>Halter, 1990</small>
• †Scyliorhinus coupatezi <small>Herman, 1974</small>
• †Scyliorhinus dubius <small>(Woodward, 1889)</small>
• †Scyliorhinus elongatus <small>(Davis, 1887)</small>
• †Scyliorhinus entomodon <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
• †Scyliorhinus fossilis <small>(Leriche, 1927)</small>
• †Scyliorhinus ivagrantae <small>Case & Cappetta, 1997</small>
• †Scyliorhinus joleaudi <small>Cappetta, 1970</small>
• †Scyliorhinus kannenbergi <small>Leder, 2015</small>
• †Scyliorhinus kasenoi <small>Karasawa, 1989</small>
• †Scyliorhinus luypaertsi <small>Halter, 1995</small>
• †Scyliorhinus malembeensis <small>Dartevelle & Casier, 1959</small>
• †Scyliorhinus monsaugustus <small>Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013</small>
• †Scyliorhinus moosi <small>Herman, 1975</small>
• †Scyliorhinus muelleri <small>Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013</small>
• †Scyliorhinus musteliformis <small>Herman, 1977</small>
• †Scyliorhinus ptychtus <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
• †Scyliorhinus reyndersi <small>Halter, 1995</small>
• †Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis <small>Reinecke, 2014</small>
• †Scyliorhinus sulcidens <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
• †Scyliorhinus taylorensis <small>Cappetta & Case, 1999</small>
• †Scyliorhinus tensleepensis <small>Case, 1987</small>
• †Scyliorhinus trifolius <small>Adnet, 2006</small>
• †Scyliorhinus wardi <small>Halter, 1990</small>
• †Scyliorhinus weemsi, <small>2022</small>
• †Scyliorhinus woodwardi <small>Cappetta, 1976</small>

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