WoRMS taxon details
Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862
- Genus Akheilos White, Fahmi & Weigmann, 2019
- Genus Atelomycterus Garman, 1913
- Genus Aulohalaelurus Fowler, 1934
- Genus Bythaelurus Compagno, 1988
- Genus Cephaloscyllium Gill, 1862
- Genus Figaro Whitley, 1928
- Genus Haploblepharus Garman, 1913
- Genus Poroderma Smith, 1838
- Genus Schroederichthys Springer, 1966
- Genus Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816
- Genus Ateleomycterus accepted as Atelomycterus Garman, 1913 (misspelling)
- Genus Catulus Valmont de Bomare, 1764 accepted as Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 (synonym)
- Genus Conoporoderma Fowler, 1934 accepted as Poroderma Smith, 1838
- Genus Sciliorhinus accepted as Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 (misspelling)
- Genus Scylliorhinus Blainville, 1816 accepted as Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816
- Genus Scyllium Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 (synonym)
- Genus Sycliorhinus accepted as Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 (misspelling)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: temperate and tropical seas. Usually elongated, catlike eyes with nictitating eyelids. Lower eyelid usually...
Distribution Distribution: temperate and tropical seas. Usually elongated, catlike eyes with nictitating eyelids. Lower eyelid usually with longitudinal fold. Gill openings 5, the fifth over origin of pectoral fin. Two small, spineless dorsal fins. One of the largest family of sharks, occurring from the intertidal zone to the edges of the continental and insular shelves and down the slopes to depths greater than 2000 m. Spawns large eggs in tough egg-cases with tendrils. Some species are ovoviviparous. Feed mainly on invertebrates and small fishes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105693 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
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, <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 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: temperate and tropical seas. Usually elongated, catlike eyes with nictitating eyelids. Lower eyelid usually with longitudinal fold. Gill openings 5, the fifth over origin of pectoral fin. Two small, spineless dorsal fins. One of the largest family of sharks, occurring from the intertidal zone to the edges of the continental and insular shelves and down the slopes to depths greater than 2000 m. Spawns large eggs in tough egg-cases with tendrils. Some species are ovoviviparous. Feed mainly on invertebrates and small fishes. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | cat sharks | [details] |
| Japanese | トラザメ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | rødhaifamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | raudhaifamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | rödhajar | [details] |
