Alopias

Alopias vulpinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Lamniformes

Familia: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species: A. pelagicus – A. superciliosus – A. vulpinus – †A. acutidens – †A. alabamensis – †A. carolinensis – †A. crochardi – †A. denticulatus – †A. exigua – †A. grandis – †A. hassei – †A. hermani – †A. latidens – †A. leeensis – †A. palatasi – †A. subexigua

Name

Alopias Rafinesque, 1810

Type species: Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810 (now valid as Alopias vulpinus)

Synonyms

• Alopecias Müller & Henle, 1837
• Alopius Swainson, 1838
• Vulpecula Jarocki, 1822

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. (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. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Alopias and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on February 23, 2016.
• Alopias – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Alopias species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fuchshaie
English: Thresher shark
español: Tiburón azotador
français: Requin-renard
italiano: Alopidi
日本語: オナガザメ
polski: Kosogon
தமிழ்: அடிச்சுறா
ไทย: ปลาฉลามหางยาว
中文: 長尾鯊屬

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