WoRMS taxon details
Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1838
AphiaID: 105700
AphiaID: 105700
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Lamniformes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] 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). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Alopecias Müller & Henle, 1837 accepted as Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Vulpecula Garman (ex Valmont de Bomare), 1913 accepted as Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Vulpecula Jarocki (ex Valmont de Bomare), 1822 accepted as Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Vulpecula Valmont de Bomare, 1764 accepted as Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Distribution: all oceans. Upper lobe of caudal fin greatly elongate, caudal fin almost one-half of total length; third to fifth gill openings over origin of pectoral fin. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Alopiidae. 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=105700 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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