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Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Squaliformes
family
Somniosidae
genus
Somniosus
species
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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  2. 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.
  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. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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  8. Gärdenfors (ed.) (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  9. Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  10. Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  11. Kullander (2007) Nationalnyckeln Broskfiskar manus
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  17. 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.
  18. 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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