WoRMS taxon details
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
AphiaID: 105833
AphiaID: 105833
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Hexanchiformes (Order) > Hexanchidae (Family) > Hexanchus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Hexanchus corinum Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 Hexanchus corinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 Hexanchus griseus australis de Buen, 1960 Monopterhinus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Monopterinus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (synonym) Notidanus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Notidanus monge Risso, 1827 Notidanus vulgaris Pérez Canto, 1886 Squalus griseus Bonnaterre, 1788 (synonym) Squalus vacca Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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, 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: Moore, J. A., M. Vecchione, B.B. Collette, and R. Gibbons. (2002) The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. Paper CM 2002/M:25, ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary, 1-5 October 2002, Copenhagen [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Bonnaterre, J.P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Paris. i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B + 1-100. page(s): 9 [details] additional source: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 9 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Hexanchus griseus australis de Buen, 1960 accepted as Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Subspecies Hexanchus griseus nakamurai Teng, 1962 accepted as Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Columbia [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] Comores [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Protodactylina pamelae Laubier, Maillard & Oliver, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Demoleus heptapus (Otto, 1821) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Perissopus oblongus (Wilson C.B., 1908) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus lessonius Risso, 1826 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Achtheinus oblongus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (204 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Sits on the bottom by day, and rise to the surface at night to feed. Feeds on a wide range of marine organisms, including other sharks (conspecifics) rays, chimaeras, bony fishes including dolphinfishes, swordfish & marlin, herring, grenadiers, cod, ling, hake, flounders, gurnards & anglers, as well as squids, crabs, shrimps, carrion and even seals. Ovoviviparous with 22-108 in a litter. Not known to have attacked people without provocation. Sensitive to low light. Used for food either fresh, frozen, or dried salted. Also utilized for fishmeal and oil. [details] Distribution: Nova Scotia, in Emerald Basin, to Northern Argentina [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Type species: Type species of genus. In Family Heptanchidae in <143> [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788). 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=105833 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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