Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1826)
Synonyms:
Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1826)
Scymnus rostratus Risso, 1826, Hist. nat. Eur. mérid., 3: 138-139, pl. III (fig. 7), (Mediterranean, in deep water). No type material.
Scymnus (Laemargus) rostratus: Müller and Henle, 1841: 95 | Duméril, 1865: 458.
Laemargus rostratus: Bonaparte, 1846: 16 | Canestrini, 1865: 364-365, pl. Il (fig. 2-4) | Günther, 1870: 427 | Moreau, 1881: 363-365 | Doderlein, 1881:102-103 | Carus, 1889-1893: 501 | Helbing, 1904: 335-524, pl. VIII-IX | ? Nobre, 1935: 461-465, part. | Dieuzeide et al., 1953: 57-58, part., fig.
Laemargus brevipinna (non Lesueur): Sicher, 1898: 18.
Somniosus rostratus: Griffini, 1903: 109-110, fig. 58 | Regan, 1908: 55 | Tortonese, 1937-1938: 74-75, fig. 1; 1952: 388-391, fig. 2-3 | Maul, 1955: 7-9, fig. 17-20 | Tortonese, 1956: 186-188, fig. 100-101 | Bigelow and Schroeder, 1957: 116-122, fig. 15D-15E | Bini, 1967: 105-106, fig. | Blache et al., 1970: 39, fig. 83a, 83b | Ledoux, 1970: 352.
Somniosus microcephalus (non Schneider): Lozano Rey, 1928: 480, Sg. 160B | Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 134-135, fig. 83B (not fig. 82).
Common names:
Little sleeper shark [UK and USA]
Laimargue de la Mediterranee [France and Belgium]
Tollo boreal [Spain]
Kleineishai [Germany]