Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758: 233 Pisanty & Golani, 1995 : 389 Goren & Galil, 1997 : 201 A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea Goren, Menachem Galil, Bella S. Zootaxa 2015 3994 4 507 530 6ZDWC Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus 1758 [151,570,1813,1839] Elasmobranchii Squalidae Squalus Animalia Squaliformes 12 519 Chordata species acanthias     Squalus acanthiasLinnaeus, 1758: 233. Unknown typelocality ("Habitat in Oceano Europaeo").  Squalus acantias,  Pisanty & Golani, 1995: 389;  Goren & Galil, 1997: 201, 2002: 151.   Distribution.Circumglobal; depth range 0–1460m.