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Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Elasmobranchii
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order
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Squaliformes
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family
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Somniosidae
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genus
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Somniosus
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species
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Somniosus microcephalus
Name
- Synonyms
- Laemargus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Leiodon echinatum Wood, 1846
- Scymnus glacialis Faber, 1829
- Scymnus gunneri Thienemann, 1828
- Scymnus micropterus Valenciennes, 1832
- Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818
- Squalus borealis Scoresby, 1820
- Squalus microcephalus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Squalus norvegianus Blainville, 1825
- Homonyms
- Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Common names
- Almindelig havkal in Danish
- Atlandi polaarhai in Estonian
- Eishai in German
- Eishai in German
- Eishai in German
- Ekaludjuag in Inuktitut
- Ekalugssuak in Inuktitut
- Ekalugssûp piarâ in Inuktitut
- Ekalukjuak in Inuktitut
- Eqaludjuaq in Inuktitut
- Eqalugssuaq in Inuktitut
- Eqalukjuag in Inuktitut
- Eqaluksuaq in Inuktitut
- Eqalukuak in Inuktitut
- Eqalussuaq in Kalaallisut
- Eqalusuaq in Inuktitut
- Greenland shark in English
- Greenland shark in English
- Greenland shark in English
- Greenland shark in English
- Greenland shark in English
- Greenland shark in English
- Groenlandse haai in Turkish
- Groenlandse haai in Turkish
- Groenlandse haai in Dutch
- Groenlandse haai in Afrikaans
- Groenlandse haai in Dutch
- Ground shark in English
- Grundhai in German
- Grönlandhai in German
- Grönlandhai in German
- Grønlandshaj in Danish
- Grønlandshaj in Danish
- Grønlandshaj in Danish
- Havkal in Danish
- Havkal in Danish
- Havkal in Danish
- Holkeri in Finnish
- Holkeri in Finnish
- Hákarl in Icelandic
- Hákarl in Icelandic
- Hákelling in Faroese
- Håkjerring in Norwegian
- Håkjerring in Norwegian
- Håkäring in Swedish
- Håkäring in Swedish
- Ijshaai in Dutch
- Iqalugjuaq in Inuktitut
- Iqalujjuaq in Inuktitut
- Iqalukuak in Inuktitut
Bibliographic References
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Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. <em>Berolini. Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
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Burgess, George H. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Spiny Dogfishes: Family Squalidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 48-57.
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Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
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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.
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Gärdenfors (ed.) (1900-01-01 00:00:00) The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species
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Gärdenfors (ed.) (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
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Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
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Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
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Kullander (2007) Nationalnyckeln Broskfiskar manus
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McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
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Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
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Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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Nijssen, H. (2001)
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Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.