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Trigonognathus kabeyai Mochizuki & Ohe, 1990

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
Trigonognathus kabeyai Mochizuki & Ohe, 1990
Name authority
Mochizuki & Ohe, 1990
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Squaliformes
Family
Etmopteridae
Genus
Trigonognathus
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. familyEtmopteridae Fowler, 1934
  13. genusTrigonognathus Mochizuki & Ohe, 1990
  14. speciesTrigonognathus kabeyai Mochizuki & Ohe, 1990

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 48 records assigned to Etmopteridae.

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. Mochizuki, K., & Ohe, F. (1990). Trigonognathus kabeyai, a new genus and species of the squalid sharks from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 36 (4): 385–390. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02905456 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:58SJP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.