Scyliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scyliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896
- Name authority
- Goode & Bean, 1896
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Genus
- Scyliorhinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumChondrichthyes
- classElasmobranchii
- subclassNeoselachii
- infraclassSelachii
- superorderGaleomorphi
- orderCarcharhiniformes
- familyScyliorhinidae Gill, 1862
- genusScyliorhinus Blainville, 1816
- speciesScyliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scyliorhinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scyliorhinus cabofriensis Soares, Gomes & Carvalho, 2016 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scyliorhinus comoroensis Compagno, 1988 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scyliorhinus garmani (Fowler, 1934) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scyliorhinus hesperius Springer, 1966 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| greater spotted dogfishScyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blotched catsharkScyliorhinus meadi Springer, 1966 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scyliorhinus torazame (Tanaka, 1908) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dogfishScyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller & Henle, 1838) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scyliorhinus cervigoni Maurin & Bonnet, 1970 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| chain catsharkScyliorhinus retifer (Garman, 1881) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scyliorhinus torrei Howell Rivero, 1936 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Scyliorhinus retifer boa Goode & Bean, 1896 Goode & Bean, 1896 | synonym |
| Scylliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896 Goode & Bean, 1896 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Goode, G. B., & Bean, T. H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., Text: 2: i–xxxv + 1–26 + 1–553. Atlas: i–xxiii, 1–26. Pls. 123. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4W56X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.