WoRMS taxon details
Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
AphiaID: 105832
AphiaID: 105832
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Hexanchiformes (Order) > Hexanchidae (Family) > Heptranchias (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Heptranchias angio Costa, 1857 Heptranchias cinereus (Gmelin, 1789) Heptranchias dakini Whitley, 1931 Heptranchias deani Jordan & Starks, 1901 Heptrancus angio Costa, 1857 Notidanus cinereus (Gmelin, 1789) Notidanus cinereus aetatis Bellotti, 1878 Notidanus cinereus pristiurus Bellotti, 1878 Squalus cinereus Gmelin, 1789 Squalus perlo Bonnaterre, 1788 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Moore, J. A., M. Vecchione, B.B. Collette, and R. Gibbons. (2002) The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. Paper CM 2002/M:25, ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary, 1-5 October 2002, Copenhagen [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Trebius minutus Capart, 1959 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found on outer continental and insular shelves and upper slopes in depths of 100 to 400 m, also inshore and down to 400 m. Feeds on bony fishes, sharks (Ref.6574), hake, and squid. Ovoviviparous, number of young 9 to 20 in a litter. Probably strong-swimming. Generally, very active and aggresive. Quick to bite when captured, but too small to be very dangerous to people. Livers used in Japan for oil. Maximum lengh may reach 214 cm, but this is uncertain. [details] Distribution: off southern Virginia (36° 59' N, 74° 37 ' W), and south to Argentina [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105832 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788). 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=105832 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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