IRMNG - Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810

IRMNG taxon details

Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810

IRMNG_ID

1356091 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1356091)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840

Synonymised names

Cestraciom Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted

Cestracion Gill, 1862 · unaccepted

Cestracion Klein, 1776 · unaccepted

Cestracion Ogilby, 1916 · unaccepted

Cestrorhinus Blainville, 1816 · unaccepted

Mesozygaena Compagno, 1988 · unaccepted

Platysqualus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

Reniceps Gill, 1862 · unaccepted

Sphyra Van der Hoeven, 1855 · unaccepted

Sphyrichthys Thienemann, 1828 · unaccepted

Sphyrnias Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Spyrna · unaccepted (misspelling)

Sygaena Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted

Zygaena Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted

Zygana Swainson, 1838 · unaccepted

Zygoena Risso, 1827 · unaccepted

Direct children (21)

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Species Sphyrna brachyru
Species Sphyrna corona Springer, 1940
Species Sphyrna couardi Cadenat, 1951
Species Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Species Sphyrna media Springer, 1940
Species Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Sphyrna presca
Species Sphyrna prisca
Species Sphyrna serrata
Species Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822)
Species Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Sphyrna bigelowi Springer, 1944 accepted as Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822)
Species Sphyrna blochii (Cuvier, 1816) accepted as Eusphyra blochii (Cuvier, 1816)
Species Sphyrna diplana Springer, 1941 accepted as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Species Sphyrna leweni (Griffith & Smith, 1834) accepted as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Species Sphyrna ligo Fraser-Brunner, 1950 accepted as Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Sphyrna mokorran Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Sphyrna nana Sadowsky, 1965 accepted as Sphyrna media Springer, 1940
Species Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940 accepted as Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Sphyrna zigaena (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Ind. Itt. Sic.
page(s): 60 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Nomen. Zool. states "pro Zygaena Cuvier 1817" but this is clearly incorrect.

Taxonomic remark Nomen. Zool. states "pro Zygaena Cuvier 1817" but this is clearly incorrect. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1356091 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

[taxonomic tree]

original description Ind. Itt. Sic.
page(s): 60 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Zygana Swainson, 1838) N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 192
page(s): 318 [details]

original description (of Sphyrichthys Thienemann, 1828) Lehrb. Zool.
page(s): 408 [details]

original description (of Cestrorhinus Blainville, 1816) Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris
page(s): 121 [details]

original description (of Mesozygaena Compagno, 1988) Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes. Princeton University Press, Princeton
page(s): 366 [details]

original description (of Platysqualus Swainson, 1839) N. H. Fishes, etc., 192
page(s): 318 [details]

original description (of Zygaena Cuvier, 1816) R. Anim., 2
page(s): 127 [details]

original description (of Sphyrnias Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 93 [details]

original description (of Reniceps Gill, 1862) Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. York, 7
page(s): 412 [details]

original description (of Sygaena Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. I and II. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria.</em> 1: 29-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39475515
page(s): 30 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Taxonomic remark Nomen. Zool. states "pro Zygaena Cuvier 1817" but this is clearly incorrect. [details]

Type species as cited Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Mesozygaena Compagno, 1988)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Mesozygaena Compagno, 1988)
To WoRMS (from synonym Cestracion Ogilby, 1916)
To WoRMS (from synonym Zygaena Cuvier, 1816)
To WoRMS (from synonym Spyrna)
To WoRMS