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Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) 
AphiaID: 105836

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) > Alopiidae (Family) > Alopias (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Alopias Rafinesque, 1810
Synonymised
taxa
  Alopecias barrae Perez Canto, 1886
Alopecias chilensis Philippi, 1902
Alopecias longimana Philippi, 1902
Alopecias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789) (synonym)
Alopias caudatus Phillipps, 1932
Alopias greyi Whitley, 1937
Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)
Alopias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789) (synonym)
Carcharias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789)
Galeus vulpecula Rafinesque, 1810
Squalus alopecias Gronow, 1854
Squalus vulpes Gmelin, 1789 (Original combination of Alopias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789))
Squalus vulpinus Bonnaterre, 1788
Vulpecula marina Garman, 1913
Sources  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 - Chondrichthyes, 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. 358-360 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[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 (look up in IMIS[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: 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: 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: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 9 [details]


additional source: Bonnaterre, J.P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Paris. i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B + 1-100.
page(s): 9 [details]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Afrikaans fynstert-sambokhaai  [details]
Breton louarn-vôr  [details]
Dutch voshaai  [details]
English common thresher  [details]
English fox shark  [details]
English long-tailed shark  [details]
English sea ape  [details]
English sea fox  [details]
English slasher  [details]
English thintail thresher  [details]
English thrasher shark  [details]
English thresher Shark  [details]
English tresher  [details]
English whiptail shark  [details]
French la faux  [details]
French Péi aspasu ratou  [details]
French poisson épée  [details]
French renard  [details]
French renard de mer  [details]
French singe de mer  [details]
French touille à l'épée  [details]
German Fuchshai  [details]
Italian allopia coda lunga  [details]
Italian allopia volpe marina  [details]
Italian pavone  [details]
Italian pavone di mare  [details]
Italian pesce bandiera  [details]
Italian pesce bannera  [details]
Italian pesce pavone  [details]
Italian pesce sorcio  [details]
Italian pesce volpe  [details]
Italian pescio ratto  [details]
Italian pisce surci  [details]
Italian pisci cuda longa  [details]
Italian pisci cuduto  [details]
Italian pisci sciabula turca  [details]
Italian volpe di mare  [details]
Japanese ma-onaga  [details]
Japanese nadebuka  [details]
Japanese nezumezame  [details]
Japanese onagazame  [details]
Portuguese arequim  [details]
Portuguese peixe alecrim  [details]
Portuguese Peixe cavallo  [details]
Portuguese peixe raposo  [details]
Portuguese peixe rato  [details]
Portuguese peixe zorra  [details]
Portuguese romano  [details]
Portuguese româo  [details]
Portuguese tubarâo raposo  [details]
Portuguese zorro cauda longa  [details]
Russian lisitska morskayia  [details]
Spanish peix espasa  [details]
Spanish pez zorro  [details]
Spanish rabosa  [details]
Spanish zorra de mar  [details]
Spanish zorro  [details]
Spanish zorro blanco  [details]
Swedish raefhajen  [details]
Welsh Lluynog mor  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Chile (from synonym) [details]
type locality: Massachusetts (from synonym) [details]
type locality: Mediterranean Sea [details]
type locality: New South Wales (from synonym) [details]
type locality: Sicily (from synonym) [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Chagos [details]
Djibouti [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 48 [details]
FAO fishing area 51 [details]
FAO fishing area 57 [details]
FAO fishing area 71 [details]
FAO fishing area 77 [details]
FAO fishing area 81 [details]
FAO fishing area 87 [details]
Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Kenya [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Reunion [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Specimens  Holotype (from synonym): NMV 58434 or 58437 [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym): MCZ 1166-S, locality Massachusetts (Bay) [view taxon]
Links To FishBase
To GenBank
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To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Possibly to 609 cm. Also in coastal waters. Eats schooling fish, including mackerels, bluefishes, clupeids, needlefishes, lancetfishes and lanternfishes, also squids, octopi and other pelagic crustaceans, and rarely seabirds. Spatial and depth segregation by sex in northwestern Indian Ocean populations. Uses its long caudal fin to bunch up and even stun schooling prey (Ref. 2850). Unconfirmed boat attacks. Valued for its meat, liver, hide and fins; utilized fresh, dried-salted, smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]

Diet: Bluefish, menhaden, shad, mackerel and other schooling fishes, as well as squid [details]

Distribution: Newfoundland to Cuba [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: warm and temperate areas of all the World's oceans [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial, gamefish [details]

Predators: Man [details]

Reproduction: Ovoviviparous, litter consists of 4-6 pups [details]
Images 
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
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Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
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Gilson (1921, figuur 8)
Gilson (1921, figuur 8)
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Poll (1947, figuur 17)
Poll (1947, figuur 17)
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Alopias vulpinus
Alopias vulpinus
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105836 on 2010-09-02
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