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WoRMS taxon details

Mustelus Linck, 1790

AphiaID

105732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105732)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Squalus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Triakinae Gray, 1851

Synonymised names

Allomycter Guitart, 1972 · unaccepted

Cynias Gill, 1903 · unaccepted

Emissola Jarocki, 1822 · unaccepted

Mustellus Risso, 1827 · unaccepted

Rhinotriacis Gill, 1863 · unaccepted

Direct children (47)

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Species Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & de la Cruz-Agüero, 2005
Species Mustelus andamanensis White, Arunrugstichai & Naylor, 2021
Species Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870
Species Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821
Species Mustelus californicus Gill, 1864
Species Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
Species Mustelus dorsalis Gill, 1864
Species Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913)
Species Mustelus griseus Pietschmann, 1908
Species Mustelus henlei (Gill, 1863)
Species Mustelus higmani Springer & Lowe, 1963
Species Mustelus lenticulatus Phillipps, 1932
Species Mustelus lunulatus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Mustelus manazo Bleeker, 1854
Species Mustelus mento Cope, 1877
Species Mustelus minicanis Heemstra, 1997
Species Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899
Species Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mustelus norrisi Springer, 1939
Species Mustelus palumbes Smith, 1957
Species Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827
Species Mustelus ravidus White & Last, 2006
Species Mustelus schmitti Springer, 1939
Species Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra, 1997
Species Mustelus stevensi White & Last, 2008
Species Mustelus whitneyi Chirichigno F., 1973
Species Mustelus widodoi White & Last, 2006
Species Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 accepted as Mustelus mento Cope, 1877
Species Mustelus edulis Pérez Canto, 1886 accepted as Mustelus mento Cope, 1877
Species Mustelus equestris Bonaparte, 1834 accepted as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mustelus felis Ayres, 1854 accepted as Triakis semifasciata Girard, 1855
Species Mustelus hacat Pérez-Jiménez, Nichizaki & Castillo Geniz, 2005 accepted as Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & de la Cruz-Agüero, 2005 (synonym)
Species Mustelus kanekonis (Tanaka, 1916) accepted as Mustelus griseus Pietschmann, 1908
Species Mustelus laevis Linck, 1790 accepted as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mustelus mangalorensis Cubelio, Remya & Kurup, 2011 accepted as Iago mangalorensis (Cubelio, Remya & Kurup, 2011)
Species Mustelus mediterraneus Quignard & Capapé, 1972 accepted as Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827
Species Mustelus megalopterus Smith, 1839 accepted as Triakis megalopterus (Smith, 1839)
Species Mustelus monazo Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Mustelus manazo Bleeker, 1854 (misspelling)
Species Mustelus natalensis Steindachner, 1866 accepted as Triakis megalopterus (Smith, 1839)
Species Mustelus nigromaculatus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 accepted as Triakis maculata Kner & Steindachner, 1867
Species Mustelus nigropunctatus Smith, 1952 accepted as Triakis megalopterus (Smith, 1839)
Species Mustelus osborni Fowler, 1923 accepted as Leptocharias smithii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Mustelus plebejus Bonaparte, 1834 accepted as Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821
Species Mustelus stellatus Risso, 1827 accepted as Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821
Species Mustelus striatus Devincenzi, 1920 accepted as Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913)
Species Mustelus vulgaris Cloquet, 1819 accepted as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) (ambiguous synonym)
Species Mustelus walkeri White & Last, 2008 accepted as Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870

Environment

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

Original description

Linck, H.F. (1790). Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Mag. Neuste Phys. Naturgesch. Gotha 6(3): 28-38., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=oBfvLixqU8MC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Versuch+einer+Eintheilung+der+Fische+nach+den+Z%C3%A4hnen&source=bl&ots=H8oNTwTozE&sig=RKAfSo1hOpxh3NMEW7H1HkDsDvY&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYiqDAl_TcAhVFyKQKHenpAmEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepag
page(s): 31 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mustelus Linck, 1790. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105732 on 2025-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Linck, H.F. (1790). Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Mag. Neuste Phys. Naturgesch. Gotha 6(3): 28-38., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=oBfvLixqU8MC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Versuch+einer+Eintheilung+der+Fische+nach+den+Z%C3%A4hnen&source=bl&ots=H8oNTwTozE&sig=RKAfSo1hOpxh3NMEW7H1HkDsDvY&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYiqDAl_TcAhVFyKQKHenpAmEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepag
page(s): 31 [details]

original description (of Rhinotriacis Gill, 1863) Gill, T. N. (1863). On the classification of the families and genera of the Squali of California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 14 (for 1862): 483-501. [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

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [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]