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Squalidae (dogfish shark)
Taxonomy
Squalidae was named by Bonaparte (1834) [also attributed to Blainville 1816]. It is extant. Its type is Squalus.
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859), Leidy (1873); to Squaloidei by Jordan (1963); to Squaliformes by Cassier (1966); to Squaliformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Squaliformes by Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Bigelow (1994), Laurito (1996), Purdy et al. (2001), Kriwet (2003), Underwood (2006), Adnet et al. (2008), Bogan et al. (2016), Nelson et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020), Feichtinger et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859), Leidy (1873); to Squaloidei by Jordan (1963); to Squaliformes by Cassier (1966); to Squaliformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Squaliformes by Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Bigelow (1994), Laurito (1996), Purdy et al. (2001), Kriwet (2003), Underwood (2006), Adnet et al. (2008), Bogan et al. (2016), Nelson et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020), Feichtinger et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centrophoroides, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Megasqualus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Scymnodon, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus (syn. Acanthias) (type genus), Zameus