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Odontaspididae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.</i>: xvii

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Lamniformes
family
Odontaspididae

Name

Synonyms
Carcharoides planidens (Williston, 1900)
Lamna planidens (Williston, 1900)
Odontaspidae
Scylliorhinus gracilis (Williston, 1900)
Scylliorhinus planidens (Williston, 1900)
Scyllium gracilis (Williston, 1900)
Scyllium planidens (Williston, 1900)
Homonyms
Odontaspididae
Common names
Cagnacci in Italian
Dlinnozubye akuly in Russian
Goblin Sharks in English
Goblin Sharks in English
Mangonas in Portuguese
Peschanye akuly in Russian
Sand Sharks in English
Sand Tiger Shark in English
Sand Tiger Sharks in English
Sand Tigers in English
Sand shark in English
Tiburones areneros in Spanish
Tiburones solrayo in Spanish
Tijgerhaai in Dutch
Tubarões-areia in Portuguese
chuich’ih sha k’o in Japanese
goblin sharks in English
goblin sharks in English
gray sharks in English
grey (or gray) nurse sharks in English
mizuwani ka in Japanese
naskalihietahait in Finnish
patings in English
ragged-tooth sharks in English
requins de sable in French
requins-taureaux in French
requins-taureaux in French
sand sharks in English
sand sharks in English
sand tiger shark in English
sand tiger sharks in English
sand tiger sharks in English
sand tigers in English
sand tigers in English
solrayos in Spanish
tiburones toro in Spanish
tiburones toro in Spanish
toros in Spanish
true sharks in English
tubaroes de areia in Portuguese
Песчаные акулы in Russian
Піщаноакулові in Ukrainian
オオワニザメ科 in Japanese
砂錐齒鯊科 in Chinese
オオワニザメ科 in Japanese
Dlinnozubye akuly in Russian
Gray Sharks in English
Grey (or Gray) Nurse Sharks in English
Patings in English
Peschanye akuly in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Branstetter, Steven / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Sand Tiger Sharks: Family Odontaspididae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 25-27.
  3. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  4. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
  5. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
  6. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  7. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  8. FishBase
  9. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  10. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1459 Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(3), 216-217 (1987)
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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