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Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) 
AphiaID: 105841

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) > Lamnidae (Family) > Lamna (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lamna Cuvier, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Isurus nasus (synonym)
Lamna cornubica (Gmelin, 1789) (Following synonymy of Squalus cornubicus Gmelin)
Lamna pennanti (Walbaum, 1792)
Lamna philippii Pérez Canto, 1886
Lamna punctata Storer, 1839
Lamna whitleyi Phillipps, 1935
Lanna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling)
Oxyrhina daekayi Gill, 1861
Selanonius walkeri Fleming, 1828
Squalus cornubicus Gmelin, 1789 (synonym)
Squalus cornubiensis Pennant, 1812
Squalus monensis Shaw, 1804
Squalus nasus Bonnaterre, 1788
Squalus pennanti Walbaum, 1792
Squalus selanonus Leach, 1818
Sources  original description: 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. [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]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms 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, 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: 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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Campana, S., L. Marks, W. Joyce and S. Harley. 2001. Analytical assessment of the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) population in the northwest Atlantic, with estimates of long-term sustainable yield. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Ottawa. 59 p. [details]

additional source: O'Boyle, R.N., G.M. Fowler, P.C.F. Hurley, M.A. Showell, W.T. Stobo and C. Jones.1996. Observations on porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) in the North Atlantic. DFO Atlantic fisheries research document 96/24. 29 p. [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: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gilson, G. (1921). Les poissons d'Ostende [The fishes of Ostend]. Société Anonyme belge d'Imprimerie: Bruxelles, Belgium. 110 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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[details] [view taxon]

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
 
Language   Name 
Afrikaans haringhaai  [details]
Albanian tonil  [details]
Catalan marraix  [details]
Catalan nas llarg  [details]
Catalan tauró  [details]
Danish sildehaaen  [details]
Danish sildehaj  [details]
Danish sillhaj  [details]
Dutch haringhaai  [details]
Dutch neushaai  [details]
English (common) Atlantic mackerel shark  [details]
English American porbeagle  [details]
English Atlantic porbeagle  [details]
English Beaumaris shark  [details]
English blue dog  [details]
English blue shark  [details]
English bottle-nosed shark  [details]
English common porbeagle  [details]
English herring shark  [details]
English mackerel shark  [details]
English porbeagle  [details]
English porbeagle shark  [details]
English salmon shark  [details]
English swordfin  [details]
French lamie  [details]
French latour (from synonym)  [details]
French le lamie long nez  [details]
French le squale nez  [details]
French loutre de mer  [details]
French maraiche  [details]
French maraîche  [details]
French melantoun  [details]
French nez  [details]
French requin long nez  [details]
French requin-taupe commun  [details]
French taupe  [details]
French touilele boeuf taupe  [details]
French touille  [details]
German Heringshai  [details]
Hebrew עמלץ חוטמני  [details]
Icelandic hámeri  [details]
Italian cagnia  [details]
Italian cani di mer  [details]
Italian isuro muso acuto  [details]
Italian lamna smeriglio  [details]
Italian pisci cani  [details]
Italian smeriglio  [details]
Italian sorglio pisci tunnu  [details]
Lithuanian atlantinis silkiaryklis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Λάμια  [details]
Norwegian håbrann  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål håbrann  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk håbrann  [details]
Polish lamna śledziowa  [details]
Polish żarłacz śledziowy  [details]
Portuguese anequim  [details]
Portuguese arrequim  [details]
Portuguese marracho  [details]
Portuguese nequim  [details]
Portuguese requim  [details]
Portuguese sardo  [details]
Russian akula sel devaia  [details]
Russian атлантическая сельдевая акула  [details]
Slovenian atlantski morski pes  [details]
Slovenian atlantski mroski pes  [details]
Spanish cailón  [details]
Spanish calderon  [details]
Spanish el marrago  [details]
Spanish ludia  [details]
Spanish marraco  [details]
Spanish marrajo  [details]
Spanish marrajo sardinero  [details]
Spanish marraquet  [details]
Swedish haabranden  [details]
Swedish haamar  [details]
Swedish håbrand  [details]
Swedish sillhaj  [details]
Turkish dik burun kopekbaligi  [details]
Turkish dik burun köpekbalığı  [details]
Turkish dikburun  [details]
Turkish dikburun camgoz  [details]
Turkish dikburun camgöz  [details]
Turkish dikburun harhariyas  [details]
Turkish harhariyas  [details]
Ukrainian Акула оселедцева звичайна  [details]
Ukrainian Звичайна оселедцева акула  [details]
Welsh corgi môr  [details]
Welsh morgi mawr  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Chile (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Cornwall (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Island Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Loch Fyne (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 48 [details]
FAO fishing area 51 [details]
FAO fishing area 57 [details]
FAO fishing area 58 [details]
FAO fishing area 71 [details]
FAO fishing area 81 [details]
FAO fishing area 87 [details]
FAO fishing area 88 [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Host of  Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Nemesis lamna Risso, 1826 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ommatokoita elongata (Grant, 1827) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Dinemoura producta (O.F. Muller, 1785) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Echthrogaleus coleoptratus (Guérin-Méneville, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pandarus floridanus Cressey, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pandarus smithii Rathbun, 1886 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Phyllothyreus doellojuradoi (Brian, 1946) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Dinematura latifolia Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (105 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (251 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Classification: Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details]

Diet: Feeds mainly on herring, gaspereau, and mackerels; cod, white hake, red hake, haddock, cusk, and squid are eaten less often.  [details]

Distribution: Newfoundland to New Jersey [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Prefers cool waters, common on continental shelves but have also been found well offshore as well as inshore areas. [details]

Importance: Scientific- Used for human food, liver for oil and the carcass for fish meal. [details]

Predators: Few enemies other than man [details]

Reproduction: Ovoviviparous and oophagous, with an average litter size of around 4 pups [details]
Images 
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
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Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
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Gilson (1921, fig. 07)
Gilson (1921, fig. 07)
added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Poll (1947, fig. 015)
Poll (1947, fig. 015)
added on 2008-08-11 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar de Smitt & Bonaparte)
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Lamna nasus
Lamna nasus
added on 2009-02-14 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Lamna nasus
Lamna nasus
added on 2009-06-08 - author: Collection Karl-Heinz Dau
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Lamna nasus
Lamna nasus
added on 2009-06-08 - author: Collection Karl-Heinz Dau
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Porbeagle shark
Porbeagle shark
added on 2011-02-19 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Porbeagle shark (teeth)
Porbeagle shark (teeth)
added on 2011-02-19 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Porbeagle shark
Porbeagle shark
added on 2011-02-28 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Shark Research Lab, Steven Campana ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105841
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
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. (2013). Lamna nasus (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=105841 on 2013-05-19
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