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WoRMS taxon details
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810
AphiaID: 105839
AphiaID: 105839
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) > Lamnidae (Family) > Isurus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Carcharias tigris Atwood, 1869 Isuropsis dekayi Gill, 1862 Isuropsis glaucus (Müller & Henle, 1839) Isuropsis mako (Whitley, 1929) Isurus africanus Smith, 1957 Isurus bideni Phillipps, 1932 Isurus cepedii (Lesson, 1831) Isurus glaucus (Müller & Henle, 1839) Isurus guentheri (Murray, 1884) Isurus mako Whitley, 1929 Isurus oxyrhincus Rafinesque, 1810 (misspelling) Isurus oxyrhynchus Rafinesque, 1810 (misspelling) Isurus spallanzani Rafinesque, 1810 Isurus tigris (Atwood, 1869) Isurus tigris africanus Smith, 1957 Lamna glauca (Müller & Henle, 1839) Lamna guentheri Murray, 1884 Lamna huidobrii Philippi, 1887 Lamna latro Owen, 1853 Lamna oxyrhina Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1838 Oxyrhina glauca Müller & Henle, 1839 Oxyrhina gomphodon Müller & Henle, 1839 Squalus cepedii Lesson, 1831 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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: 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: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Azores [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 47 [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] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (78 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: An aggressive and dangerous shark with fearsome-looking jaws. Found from the surface to at least 152 m. One of the most active species; when hooked on a fishing line may leap out of the water and has been reported to attack boats. Believed to be the fastest swimming shark (Ref. 9988). Found in coastal and oceanic waters. Prefers temperatures above 16°C (Ref. 9988). Feeds on schools of fish, small sharks, and swordfish (Ref. 5213). Utilized fresh, dried/salted, smoked and frozen; eaten broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Valued for its fine quality meat as well as its fins and skin. Jaws and teeth are also sold as ornaments and trophies (Ref. 9988). [details] Diet: Feeds on fishes, including mackerels, tunas, and swordfish [details] Distribution: Gulf of Maine to southern Brazil [details] Habitat: Usually found in surface waters, down to about 150m. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social - Commercial, flesh is eaten by humans, gamefish [details] Type species: Type species of genus. Genus Isurus in separate family Isuridae in <143> [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105839 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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