Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810 ...

• Main Authors: Gordon, Cat A., Hood, Ali R., Ellis, Jim R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Carcharhiniformes; Scyliorhinidae; Galeus; Galeus melastomus; Norway; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631375; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5631375

Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 Distribution. Black-mouth catshark (G. melastomus) is distributed widely on the outer continental shelf and upper slope in the Northeast Atlantic, from Norway to Senegal, including the Mediterranean Sea (Stehmann & Bürkel, 1984). Despite being relatively widespread, this is a deeper-water species and so eggcases are rarely washed ashore and reported to the Great Eggcase Hunt. Only two verified specimens have been submitted to the Great Eggcase Hunt at the time of writing, one from North Uist (Outer Hebrides) and the other from Rossnowlagh, Donegal (Ireland). Material examined. Seven samples were examined in total, of which one from North Uist was recorded by the Great Eggcase Hunt. The remaining six specimens were from museum collections (BMNH 1934.8.8.3a, BMNH 1934.8.8.4a, BMNH 1928.9.18.13–16), with two recorded from southwest Ireland and the remainder of unknown provenance. Description. The eggcase of G. melastomus (Figure 8 a; Table 2) is similar in shape and ... : Published as part of Gordon, Cat A., Hood, Ali R. & Ellis, Jim R., 2016, Descriptions and revised key to the eggcases of the skates (Rajiformes: Rajidae) and catsharks (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) of the British Isles, pp. 255-280 in Zootaxa 4150 (3) on pages 271-272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/272101 ...