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Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 
AphiaID: 105740

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) > Alopiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810 (type by monotypy)
Typetaxon of  Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1838
Parent Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1838
Synonymised
taxa		  Alopecias Müller & Henle, 1837 (synonym)
 Vulpecula Garman (ex Valmont de Bomare), 1913
 Vulpecula Jarocki (ex Valmont de Bomare), 1822 (synonym)
 Vulpecula Valmont de Bomare, 1764 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 12 [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: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: Müller, J.; Henle, F.G.J. (1838-41). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin. Pp i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935
Species Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841
Species Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Species Alopias caudatus Phillipps, 1932 accepted as Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Alopias greyi Whitley, 1937 accepted as Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Alopias profundus Nakamura, 1935 accepted as Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841
Species Alopias superciliousus Lowe, 1841 accepted as Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841
Species Alopias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105740
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Alopias Rafinesque, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105740 on 2013-05-23
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