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    Species Accepted

    Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      97 results
      Blauhai German
      Blouhaai Afrikaans
      Blue Whaler English
      Blue Whaler Shark English
      Blue Whalers English
      Caelha Leonese
      Cagna Italian
      Canesca Italian
      Canisca Sardinian
      Great Blue English

      Treatments

      8 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
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      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. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9269
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      Compagno, L. J. V. (1984). FAO Species Catalogue No. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. (125) Vol 4, Part, 1FAO, Rome (246): pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5947
      Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco., Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=81
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2012/details/species/id/9741333
      Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
      Gillespie, G. E. (1993). An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 1918: 116 p. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=155121
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      Dhora, DH. (2008). Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=151643

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