North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Mustelus Linck, 1790

AphiaID

105732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105732)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Triakinae Gray, 1851

Direct children (5)

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Species Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821
Species Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
Species Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827
Species Mustelus vulgaris Cloquet, 1819 accepted as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) (ambiguous synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linck, H.F. (1790). Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Mag. Neuste Phys. Naturgesch. Gotha 6(3): 28-38., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=oBfvLixqU8MC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Versuch+einer+Eintheilung+der+Fische+nach+den+Z%C3%A4hnen&source=bl&ots=H8oNTwTozE&sig=RKAfSo1hOpxh3NMEW7H1HkDsDvY&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYiqDAl_TcAhVFyKQKHenpAmEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepag
page(s): 31 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mustelus Linck, 1790. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105732 on 2026-10-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mustelus Linck, 1790. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=105732 on 2026-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linck, H.F. (1790). Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Mag. Neuste Phys. Naturgesch. Gotha 6(3): 28-38., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=oBfvLixqU8MC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Versuch+einer+Eintheilung+der+Fische+nach+den+Z%C3%A4hnen&source=bl&ots=H8oNTwTozE&sig=RKAfSo1hOpxh3NMEW7H1HkDsDvY&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYiqDAl_TcAhVFyKQKHenpAmEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepag
page(s): 31 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]