WoRMS taxon details
Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966
AphiaID: 105840
AphiaID: 105840
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967 Lamiostoma belyaevi Glückman, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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, 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] 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, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] 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, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 47 [details] FAO fishing area 51 [details] FAO fishing area 57 [details] FAO fishing area 61 [details] FAO fishing area 71 [details] FAO fishing area 77 [details] FAO fishing area 81 [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Madagascar [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype (from synonym): USNM 197427, locality Indo-Pacific [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 19 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Presumably feeds on schooling fishes and pelagic cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with uterine cannibalism, with litter of two young. Potentially dangerous because of its large size and big teeth. Utilized fresh, frozen, nd dried/salted for human consumption. [details] Diet: Feeds on schooling fishes and pelagic cephalopods [details] Distribution: Gulf Stream and Florida to southern Brazil [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- minor commercial fishery [details] Reproduction: oceanic species that probably approaches land to give birth [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966. 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=105840 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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