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WoRMS taxon details
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) AphiaID: 105837
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Cetorhinus blainvillei Capello, 1869
Cetorhinus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)
Cetorhinus maximus infanuncula Deinse & Adriani, 1953
Cetorhinus maximus normani (Siccardi, 1961)
Cetorhinus normani Siccardi, 1961
Cetorhinus rostratus (Macri, 1819)
Halsydrus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)
Halsydrus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
Halsydrus pontoppidiani Neill, 1809
Hannovera aurata van Beneden, 1871
Polyprosopus macer Couch, 1862
Scoliophis atlanticus Anonymous, 1817
Selache elephas (Le Sueur, 1822)
Selache maxima (Gunnerus, 1765) (Following synonymy of Squalus maximus)
Selache maximum (Gunnerus, 1765)
Selache maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
Selachus pennantii Cornish, 1885
Squalis gunneri Blainville, 1816
Squalis shavianus Blainville, 1816
Squalus cetaceus Gronow, 1854
Squalus elephas Lesueur, 1822
Squalus gunnerianus Blainville, 1810 (synonym)
Squalus homianus Blainville, 1810
Squalus isodus Macri, 1819
Squalus maximus Gunnerus, 1765 (basionym)
Squalus pelegrinus Blainville, 1810
Squalus peregrinus Blainville, 1810 (misspelling)
Squalus rashleighanus Couch, 1838
Squalus rhinoceros DeKay, 1842
Squalus rostratus Macri, 1819
Tetraoras angiova Rafinesque, 1810
Tetroras angiova Rafinesque, 1810
Tetroras maccoyi Barrett, 1933
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| Sources | |
basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms 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: Campana, S., W. Joyce, and Z. Zahorodny. 2003. Canadian Shark Research Laboratory., available online at http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/shark/english/index.htm [details]
additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]
additional source: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 33 [details]
additional source: Gunnerus, J.E. 1765. Brugden (Squalus maximus), Beskrvenen ved J. E. Gunnerus. Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skerifter v. 3: 33-49, Pl. 2. page(s): 33 [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: 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: 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]
from synonym: Blainville, H. de (1810). Note sur plusieurs espèces de squales, confondues sous le nom de Squalus maximus de Linnée. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Paris v. 71, pp 248-259, Pl. 2. [details] [view taxon]
from synonym: Gilson, G. (1921). Les poissons d'Ostende [The fishes of Ostend]. Société Anonyme belge d'Imprimerie: Bruxelles, Belgium. 110 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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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Vernacular Names | | |
Direct child taxa [show all] | | Subspecies Cetorhinus maximus infanuncula Deinse & Adriani, 1953 accepted as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
Subspecies Cetorhinus maximus normani (Siccardi, 1961) accepted as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | type locality: Cornwall (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Norway (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Portugal (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Trondheim [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]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 48 [details]
FAO fishing area 57 [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
FAO fishing area 71 [details]
FAO fishing area 77 [details]
FAO fishing area 81 [details]
FAO fishing area 87 [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
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| Specimens | |
Syntype (from synonym): MACN [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym): MNHN 9853 [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym): NMSZ 1979.012, locality Orkney Islands (Stronsa) [view taxon]
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| Host of | |
Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Nemesis lamna f. vermi Hewitt & Hine, 1972 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Minute planktonic organisms; especially copepods, fish eggs and larvae [details]
Distribution: White Bay and Notre Dame Bay Newfoundland, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the Scotian Shelf, along the Nova Scotia coastline, in the Bay of Fundy and south to North Carolina, straying to Florida [details]
Habitat: nektonic [details]
Habitat: coastal warm and cool temperature waters [details]
Importance: Scientific- Commercial [details]
Predators: Unknown [details]
Reproduction: Ovoviviparous; young thought to be 1.5-1.7 m long at birth [details]
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| Images | |
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, fig. 019) added on 2008-08-11 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Goode & Bean) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Cetorhinus maximus added on 2008-11-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Cetorhinus maximus added on 2008-11-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Basking shark added on 2011-02-28 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Shark Research Lab, Steven Campana ( ) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Basking shark added on 2011-02-28 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Shark Research Lab, Steven Campana ( ) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Reuzenhaai - Cetorhinus maximus added on 2011-10-27 - author: Tom Rappé qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105837 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765). 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=105837 on 2013-05-25 |
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