Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes
Familia: Triakidae
Genera: Furgaleus - Galeorhinus - Gogolia - Hemitriakis - Hypogaleus - Iago - Mustelus - †Palaeotriakis – †Paratriakis – Scylliogaleus - Triakis
Name
Triakidae Gray, 1851
References
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Vernacular names
English: Hound shark
日本語: ドチザメ科
中文: 皺唇鯊科
Houndsharks, the Triakidae, are a family of ground sharks, consisting of about 40 species in nine genera. In some classifications, the family is split into two subfamilies, with Mustelus, Scylliogaleus, and Triakis in the subfamily Triakinae, and the remaining genera in the subfamily Galeorhininae.
Houndsharks are distinguished by possessing two large, spineless dorsal fins, an anal fin, and oval eyes with nictitating eyelids. They are small to medium in size, ranging from 37 to 220 cm (1.21 to 7.22 ft) in adult length. They are found throughout the world in warm and temperate waters, where they feed on fish and invertebrates on the seabed and in midwater.[1]
Genera
Furgaleus Whitley, 1951 (whiskery shark)
Galeorhinus Blainville, 1816 (school shark)
Gogolia Compagno, 1973 (sailback houndshark)
Hemitriakis Herre, 1923
Hypogaleus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (blacktip tope)
Iago Compagno & Springer, 1971
Mustelus H. F. Linck, 1790 (smooth-hound)
Scylliogaleus Boulenger, 1902
Triakis J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839
See also
iconSharks portal
List of sharks
References
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Triakidae" in FishBase. January 2009 version.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Triakidae" in FishBase. November 2005 version.
Cladogram reference
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