WoRMS taxon details
Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881)
AphiaID: 105925
AphiaID: 105925
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squaliformes (Order) > Squalidae (Family) > Squalus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Acanthias megalops Macleay, 1881 Squalis megalops (Macleay, 1881) (misspelling) Squalus acutipinnis Regan, 1908 Squalus probatovi Myagkov & Kondyurin, 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] Reunion [details] South Africa (country) [details] Ungama Bay [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Eudactylina vilelai Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudocharopinus bicaudatus (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Trebius caudatus Krøyer, 1838 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lepeophtheirus longispinosus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Perissopus oblongus (Wilson C.B., 1908) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Charopinus bicaudatus (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Achtheinus oblongus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes. Forms large schools. Feeds on bony fishes inlcuding lanternfishes, star-eaters (@Astronesthes@), snake and conger eels, scorpion fishes, shrimps, cephalopods and other sharks. Ovoviviparous, with 2 to 4 young in a litter. Some sexual segregation occurs, on the east coast of South Africa, with breeding females staying more southerly in distribution. Utilized for human consumption. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105925 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881). 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=105925 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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