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Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Lamniformes
family
Lamnidae
genus
Lamna
species
Lamna nasus

Name

Synonyms
Isurus nasus
Lamna cornubica (Gmelin, 1789)
Lamna pennanti (Walbaum, 1792)
Lamna philippii Pérez Canto, 1886
Lamna punctata Storer, 1839
Lamna whitleyi Phillipps, 1935
Lanna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Oxyrhina daekayi Gill, 1861
Selanonius walkeri Fleming, 1828
Squalus cornubicus Gmelin, 1789
Squalus cornubiensis Pennant, 1812
Squalus monensis Shaw, 1804
Squalus nasus Bonnaterre, 1788
Squalus pennanti Walbaum, 1792
Squalus selanonus Leach, 1818
Homonyms
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Common names
(common) Atlantic mackerel shark in English
(common) Atlantic mackerel shark in English
Almindelig sildehaj in Danish
Almindelig sildehaj in Danish
American porbeagle in English
American porbeagle in English
An craosaire in Irish
Atlantic porbeagle in English
Atlantic porbeagle in English
Beaumaris Shark in English
Beaumaris shark in English
Beaumaris shark in English
Beaumaris shark in English
Blue Dog in English
Cailón in Spanish
Cailón marrajo in Spanish
Corgwn Môr in Welsh
Dikburun karkarias in Turkish
Harilik heeringahai in Estonian
Heringcápa in Hungarian
Heringshai in German
Heringshai in German
Heringshai in German
Heringshai in German
Heringshai in German
Hámeri in Icelandic
Håbrand in Swedish
Håbrand in Norwegian
Håbrand e. Sillhaj in Swedish
Håbrandshaj in Swedish
Håbrann in Norwegian
Kalb in Arabic
Kucina in Serbian
Mackerel Shark in English
Marrajo in Spanish
Marrajo sardinero in Spanish
Marraxo in Galician
Neushaai in Dutch
Pixxiplamptu in Maltese
Porbeagle in English
Porbeagle in English
Porbeagle in English
Porbeagle Shark in English
Porbeagle shark in English
Porbeale Shark in English
Porbeale shark in English
Psina atlantska in Serbian
Rechinul scrumbiilor in Romanian
Requin taupe commun in French
Requin taupe, Taupe in French

Bibliographic References

  1. (2000) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  2. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  3. (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  4. 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.
  5. Branstetter, Steven / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Mackerel Sharks: Family Lamnidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 27-32.
  6. Campana, S.; Marks, L.; Joyce, W.; Harley, S. (2001). Analytical assessment of the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) population in the northwest Atlantic, with estimates of long-term sustainable yield. <em>Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.</em> 1-59.
  7. 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.
  8. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
  9. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
  10. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  11. Fowler 1941, Mann 1954, Acuña et al. 2002, Lamilla & Bustamante 2005, Sielfeld & Vargas 1992, Romero & Bustamante 2007, Reyes & Torres-Florez 2009, Hernández et al. 2009, Duhamel et al. 2014.
  12. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  13. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  14. Gärdenfors (2000) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  15. Gärdenfors (ed.) (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  16. Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  17. 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.
  18. Kullander (2007) Nationalnyckeln Broskfiskar manus
  19. Kullander, Stach, Nyman, Samuelsson, Hansson, Delling, Blom & Jilg (2011) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Lansettfiskar–broskfiskar. Chordata: Branchiostomatidae–Chondrichthyes.
  20. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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