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Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986
Name authority
Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Squaliformes
Family
Somniosidae
Genus
Scymnodalatias
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumChondrichthyes
  7. classElasmobranchii
  8. subclassNeoselachii
  9. infraclassSelachii
  10. superorderSqualomorphi
  11. orderSqualiformes Compagno, 1973
  12. familySomniosidae Jordan, 1888
  13. genusScymnodalatias Garrick, 1956
  14. speciesScymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Scymnodalatias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)SomniosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Azores dogfishScymnodalatias garricki Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988SomniosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 13 records assigned to Somniosidae.

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.

  1. Taniuchi, T.; J. A. F. Garrick, J. A. F. (1986). A new species of Scymnodalatias from the southern oceans, and comments on other squaliform sharks. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, v. 33 (no. 2): 119–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02905840 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:4W5CS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.