WoRMS taxon details
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 105819
AphiaID: 105819
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Sphyrnidae (Family) > Sphyrna (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Sphyrna zigaena (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Spyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Squalis pictus Blainville, 1816 Squalus carolinensis Blainville, 1816 Squalus malleus (Valenciennes, 1822) Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Zygaena malleus Valenciennes, 1822 Zygaena subarcuata Storer, 1848 Zygaena vulgaris Cloquet, 1830 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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: Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [details] additional source: Leim, A.H. and W.B. Scott. 1966. Fishes of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Bulletin No. 155. 485 p. [details] additional source: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 234 [details] additional source: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 234 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details] Black Sea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Haringvliet [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Westhinder [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyeria lineata van Beneden, 1853 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Dinemoura producta (O.F. Muller, 1785) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus cranchii Leach, 1819 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Phyllothyreus cornutus (Milne Edwards, 1840) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus floridanus Cressey, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus smithii Rathbun, 1886 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus myctarothes Wilson C.B., 1913 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Irodes gracilis (Heller, 1865) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyeria echinata Rangnekar, 1956 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyerina scottorum Cressey, 1972 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nesippus alatus Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pagina tunica Cressey, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus zygaenae Brady, 1883 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pannosus japonicus (Shiino, 1960) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Alebion difficilis van Beneden, 1892 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyeria sphyrnae Rangnekar, 1957 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Achtheinus oblongus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (200 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 33 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Coastal-pelagic and semi-oceanic. Often found in shallow water over the continental and insular shelves. Enters tropical waters during the winter (Ref. 9710). Feeds chiefly on fish and crustaceans but stingrays serves as a major diet in the warm waters (Ref. 2858). Juveniles live near the coasts. Fast-moving (Ref. 5213). Reported to cause poisoning (Ref. 4690). Meat utilized fresh, dried salted, and possibly smoked for human consumption, liver oil for vitamins, fins for soup, hide for leather and carcasses for fishmeal. [details] Distribution: Southern New England to northern Argentina, straying north to Massachusetts Bay and Nova Scotia. [details] Habitat: found in shallow coastal waters; enters bays [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, gamefish; danger to divers and swimmers [details] Predators: Unknown [details] Reproduction: Viviparous, litter size of 20-40 pups [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105819 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=105819 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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