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WoRMS taxon details
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
AphiaID: 105836
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: 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [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] Gulf of Maine [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Reunion [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 2010-02-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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