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Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

105836  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105836)

accepted
Species
Alopecias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (synonym)
Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alopias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalus vulpes Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted (Original combination of Alopias...)  
Original combination of Alopias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789)
Squalus vulpes Berkenhout, 1789 · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus vulpinus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea  
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [details]
Description Possibly to 609 cm. Also in coastal waters. Eats schooling fish, including mackerels, bluefishes, clupeids, needlefishes,...  
Description Possibly to 609 cm. Also in coastal waters. Eats schooling fish, including mackerels, bluefishes, clupeids, needlefishes, lancetfishes and lanternfishes, also squids, octopi and other pelagic crustaceans, and rarely seabirds. Spatial and depth segregation by sex in northwestern Indian Ocean populations. Uses its long caudal fin to bunch up and even stun schooling prey (Ref. 2850). Unconfirmed boat attacks. Valued for its meat, liver, hide and fins; utilized fresh, dried-salted, smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to Cuba  
Distribution Newfoundland to Cuba [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105836 on 2024-11-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description (of Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Squalus vulpes Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details] 

original description (of Squalus vulpinus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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)
page(s): 9 [details] 

additional source Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 9 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Possibly to 609 cm. Also in coastal waters. Eats schooling fish, including mackerels, bluefishes, clupeids, needlefishes, lancetfishes and lanternfishes, also squids, octopi and other pelagic crustaceans, and rarely seabirds. Spatial and depth segregation by sex in northwestern Indian Ocean populations. Uses its long caudal fin to bunch up and even stun schooling prey (Ref. 2850). Unconfirmed boat attacks. Valued for its meat, liver, hide and fins; utilized fresh, dried-salted, smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]

Diet Bluefish, menhaden, shad, mackerel and other schooling fishes, as well as squid [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to Cuba [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat warm and temperate areas of all the World's oceans [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, gamefish [details]

Predators Man [details]

Reproduction Ovoviviparous, litter consists of 4-6 pups [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Afrikaans fynstert-sambokhaai  [details]
Albanian peshku dhelpërpeshkaqeni dhelpërpeshkaqeni bishtshpatë  [details]
Breton louarn-vôr  [details]
Danish rævehaj  [details]
Dutch voshaai  [details]
English whiptail sharktresherthresher sharkthresherthrasher sharkthintail thresherslashersea foxsea apelong-tailed sharkfox sharkcommon thresher  [details]
French touille à l'épéesinge de merrenard marinrenard de merrenardpoisson épéepéi aspasu ratoula faux  [details]
German Fuchshai  [details]
Hebrew כרישועל זנבתן  [details]
Italian volpe di marepisci sciabula turcapisci cudutopisci cuda longapisce surcipescio rattopesce volpepesce sorciopesce pavonepesce bannerapesce bandierapavone di marepavoneallopia volpe marinaallopia coda lunga  [details]
Japanese マオナガonagazamenezumezamenadebukama-onaga  [details]
Lithuanian paprastoji jūrų lapė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Αλεπού της θάλασσαςΑλεπόσκυλος  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål revehai  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk revehai  [details]
Polish lis morskikosogon  [details]
Portuguese zorro cauda longatubarâo raposoromâoromanopeixe zorrapeixe ratopeixe raposopeixe cavallopeixe alecrimarequim  [details]
Russian Обыкновенная морская лисица [from synonym]морская лисица обыкновеннаяЛисья акулаакула-лисица обыкновеннаяlisitska morskayia  [details]
Slovenian morska lisica  [details]
Spanish zorro blancozorrozorra de martiburón zorro comúnrabosapez zorropeix espasa  [details]
Swedish rävhajraefhajen  [details]
Turkish tilki balığıtilki baligisapan balığısapan baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Лисица морскаяЗвичайна морська лисиця [from synonym]Акула лисяча  [details]
Welsh llwynog môrLluynog mor  [details]
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