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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 Perez 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  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. (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 (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: 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. (look up in IMIS[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): 10 [details]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Afrikaans haringhaai  [details]
Catalan nas llarg  [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 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]
French-Canadian maraiche  [details]
German Heringshai  [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]
Norwegian håbrann  [details]
Portuguese anequim  [details]
Portuguese arrequim  [details]
Portuguese marracho  [details]
Portuguese nequim  [details]
Portuguese requim  [details]
Portuguese sardo  [details]
Russian akula sel devaia  [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]
Spanish marrraix  [details]
Spanish taulo  [details]
Swedish haabranden  [details]
Swedish haamar  [details]
Swedish håbrand  [details]
Swedish sillhaj  [details]
Welsh morgi mawr  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Atlantic (from synonym) [details]
type locality: Chile (from synonym) [details]
type locality: Cornwall (not certain[details]
type locality: Island Bay (from synonym) [details]
type locality: Loch Fyne (from synonym) [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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]
Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links To FishBase
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Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
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To Barcode of Life (103 barcodes)
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]
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Gilson (1921, figuur 7)
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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). Lamna nasus (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=105841 on 2010-09-02
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