Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821
Synonyms:
Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821, Dict. Sa. Nat., 14: 407 (Europe).
Squalus hinnulus Blainville, 1825, Faune franç., Poiss.: 83, pl. 20 (fig. 2) (France).
Mustelus stellatus Risso, 1826, Hist. nat. Eur. mérid., 3: 126 (Europe).
Mustelus plebejus Bonaparte, 1834, Icon. Faun. ital., Pesci, 3, fasc. 8, fig. 1 (Italy).
Mustelus vulgaris Müller and Henle, 1841, Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: 64 (in part), 190 (Atlantic, Europe).
Mustelus vulgaris: Günther, 1870: 386 | Moreau, 1881: 311 | Day, 1882: 295, pl. 155 | Ehrenbaum, 1927a: xii. e 12, fig. 9; 1929, in Joubin, ed., fiche 16, fig. | Soljan, 1948: 61, fig.
Mustelus mustelus: Lozano Rey, 1928: 354, fig. 106-109 | Nobre, 1935: 428 | Ehrenbaum, 1936: 277, fig. 244 (in part) | Fowler, 1936: 61 | Poll, 1947: 59, fig. 34 Noronha and Sarmento, 1948: 97,138 | Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 105, fig. 62-63 | Dollfus, 1955: 18 .
Mustelus asterias: Hubbs, 1938: 1-19, | Tortonese, 1956: 143, fig. 72-73, 77-78; 1963: 158 | Wheeler, 1969: 62, fig. 27 | Quignard and Capape, 1972: 20, fig. 2, 7-9.
Mustelus canis: Dieuzeide et al., 1953: 42, fig.
Common names:
Starry smoothhound [UK and USA]
Stellate smooth hound [UK and USA]
Émissole tachetee [France and Belgium]
Émissole commune [France and Belgium]
Musola estrellada [Spain]
boca blanca [Spain]
mniosa [Tunesia, Algeria, Morocco]
kelb el bahar [Tunesia, Algeria, Morocco]
glathaj [Denmark]
Glatthai [Germany]
pas glusac [former Yugoslavia]
palombo stellato [Italy]
toonhaai [Netherlands and Belgium]
gevlekte gladde haai [Netherlands and Belgium]
cação [Portugal]
cação pique [Portugal]